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The Knight Corporation projects that next year its fixed costs will total $240,000.Its only product sells for $34 per unit,of which $18 is a variable cost.The management of Knight is considering the purchase of a new machine that will lower the variable cost per unit to $14.The new machine,however,will add to fixed costs through an increase in depreciation expense.How large can the addition to fixed costs be in order to keep the firm's break-even point in units produced and sold unchanged?


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