Sprint Corporation is one of the largest digital wireless service providers in the United States. In a

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Sprint Corporation is one of the largest digital wireless service providers in the United States. In a recent year, it had approximately 32.6 million direct subscribers (accounts) that generated revenue of $33,600 million. Costs and expenses for the year were as follows (in millions):

Cost of revenue ...................................................................... $13,389

Selling, general, and administrative expenses ....................... 7,774

Depreciation ............................................................................... 8,783

Assume that 70% of the cost of revenue and 30% of the selling, general, and administrative expenses are variable to the number of direct subscribers (accounts).

a. What is Sprint Nextel’s break-even number of accounts, using the data and assumptions given? Round units (accounts) and per-account amounts to one decimal place.

b. How much revenue per account would be sufficient for Sprint Nextel to break even if the number of accounts remained constant?

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