Celestial products, inc., has decided to introduce a new product, which can be manufactured by either a computer$-$assisted manufacturing system or a labor$-$intensive production system. the manufacturing method will not affect the quality of the product. the estimated manufacturing costs by the two methods are as follows: computer$-$assisted manufacturing system labor$-$intensive production system direct material $ $9\mathrm{.}50$  $ $10\mathrm{.}40$  direct labor $($dlh denotes direct$-$labor hours$)0\mathrm{.}5$dlh @ $$28\mathrm{.}0014\mathrm{.}000\mathrm{.}8$dlh @ $$23\mathrm{.}5018\mathrm{.}80$  variable overhead $0\mathrm{.}5$dlh @ $$19\mathrm{.}009\mathrm{.}500\mathrm{.}8$dlh @ $$19\mathrm{.}0015\mathrm{.}20$  fixed overhead$*$  $ $4,660,000$  $ $2,980,000*$these costs are directly traceable to the new product line. they would not be incurred if the new product were not produced. the company$$s marketing research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $$85\mathrm{.}00.$ selling expenses are estimated to be $$950,000$ annually plus $$5\mathrm{.}00$ for each unit sold. $($ignore income taxes.$)$ required: $1.$ calculate the estimated break$-$even point in annual unit sales of the new product if the company uses the $($a$)$ computer$-$assisted manufacturing system; $($b$)$ labor$-$intensive production system. $($do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole number.$)2.$ determine the annual unit sales volume at which the firm would be indifferent between the two manufacturing methods. $($do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answer to the nearest whole number.$)$ 

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