Barry Carter is considering opening a used$-$book store. He wants to estimate the number of books he must sell to break even. The books will be sold for $$13\mathrm{.}98$ each. variable operating costs are $$10\mathrm{.}48$ per book, and annual fixed operating costs are $$73,500.$ Fill in the blanks below.

$($a$)$ Find the operating breakeven point in number of books

The operating breakeven point is units.

$($b$)$ Calculate the total operating costs at the breakeven volume found in part $($a$)$

The total operating costs at the breakeven volume is

$($c $)$ If Barry estimates that at a minimum he can sell $2,000$ books per month, should he go into business?

The total units that Barry can sell in a year is units and Barry go into business

$($d$)$ How much EBIT will Barry realize if he sells the minimum $2,000$ books per month noted in part $($c$)?$

The EBIT will be

$($e$)$ Illustrate this breakeven analysis below using a fully labelled graph.