Austin Manufacturing Had the Following Operating Data for the Year

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Multiple Choice

Austin Manufacturing had the following operating data for the year just ended:
Management plans to improve the quality of its only product by replacing a component that costs $3.50 with a higher-grade component that costs $5.50,and renting a packing machine for $18,000 a year.If the desired target operating profit is $288,000,how many units must the company sell?

• A) 19,300 units.
• B) 21,316 units.
• C) 22,500 units.
• D) 20,842 units.

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Definitions:

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined by its geometric properties or by equations that satisfy its definition.

Asymptotes

Lines that a graph approaches but never actually touches, indicative of behavior at infinity or discontinuities.

Vertices

The plural of vertex, referring to the corners or intersecting points of geometric shapes or graphs.

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, consisting of two branches, which are mirror images of each other, and asymptotically approaching fixed lines.