Question: Due to an existential crisis, the manager at Dan's Danimal Palace is worried about their strategy to buy their cages from a manufacturer, rather than

Due to an existential crisis, the manager at Dan's Danimal Palace is worried about their strategy to buy their cages from a manufacturer, rather than make it themselves. Determine the amount of demand for cages that the manager at Dan's Danimal Palace would be indifferent to buying or making the cages (hint: the breakeven quantity). Relevant metrics are below.
\table[[\table[[Fixed cost to],[buy the cages],[(e.g., fleet of],[trucks and the],[warehouse)]],\table[[Fixed cost],[to make the],[cages (e.g.,],[machinery)]],\table[[Per unit cost],[to buy the],[cages]],\table[[Per unit cost],[to make the],[cages]]],[$12,881,$49,689,\table[[$16.50 per],[cage]],\table[[$9.51 per],[cage]]]]
Round your answer to the nearest unit of demand (e.g.,167.85 would be 168).
 Due to an existential crisis, the manager at Dan's Danimal Palace

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