There are no beginning or ending inventories.

Required:

a$.$ Compute the company's monthly break$-$even point in units of product.

b$.$ What would the company's monthly net operating income be if sales increased by $25\%$ and there is

no change in total fixed expenses?

c$.$ Refer to the original data. What dollar sales must the company achieve in order to earn a net

operating income of $$50,000$ per month?

d$.$ Refer to the original data. The company has decided to automate a portion of its operations. The

change will reduce direct labor costs per unit by $40$ percent, but it will double the costs for fixed

factory overhead. Compute the new break$-$even point in units.