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Contribution Margin Ratio, Break$-$Even Sales Revenue, Sales Revenue for Target Profit

Schylar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., plans to sell $140,000$ units of antibiotic at an average price of $$22$ each in the coming year. Total variable costs equal $$1,108,800.$ Total fixed costs equal $$7,800,000.$

Required:

$1.$ What is the contribution margin per unit? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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What is the contribution margin ratio? Round your answer to two decimal places. $($Express as a decimal$-$based answer rather than a whole percent amount.$)$

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$2.$ Calculate the sales revenue needed to break even. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

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$3.$ Calculate the sales revenue needed to achieve a target profit of $$220,000.$ Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

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$4.$ What if the average price per unit increased to $$23\mathrm{.}50?$ Recalculate the following:

a$.$ Contribution margin per unit. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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b$.$ Contribution margin ratio. Enter your answer as a decimal value $($not a percentage$),$ rounded to four decimal places.

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c$.$ Sales revenue needed to break even. In your computations, use your rounded answer from part $(4-$b$)$ above for the contribution margin ratio, and round your final answer to the nearest dollar.

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d$.$ Sales revenue needed to achieve a target profit of $$220,000.$ In your computations, use your rounded answer from part $(4-$b$)$ above for the contribution margin ratio, and round your final answer to the nearest dollar.

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