Modern Artifacts can produce keepsakes that will be sold for $160 each. Nondepreciation fixed costs are...

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Modern Artifacts can produce keepsakes that will be sold for $160 each. Nondepreciation fixed costs are $2,600 per year, and variable costs are $140 per unit. The initial investment of $7,000 will be depreciated straight-line over its useful life of five years to a final value of zero, and the discount rate is 10%. a. What is the accounting break-even level of sales if the firm pays no taxes? b. What is the NPV break-even level of sales if the firm pays no taxes? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number. c. What is the accounting break-even level of sales if the firm's tax rate is 20% ? d. What is the NPV break-even level of sales if the firm's tax rate is 20%? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number. e. What is the degree of operating leverage for the firm for the NPV break-even points when the tax rate is 0% and when the tax rate is 20%? Note: Round intermediate calculation to the nearest whole number. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Answer is not complete. 260 units 48 units 286 units a. Accounting break-even level of sales b. NPV break-even level of sales c. Accounting break-even level of sales d. NPV break-even level of sales. e. Degree of operating leverage, t=0% e. Degree of operating leverage, t = 20% 50 units Modern Artifacts can produce keepsakes that will be sold for $160 each. Nondepreciation fixed costs are $2,600 per year, and variable costs are $140 per unit. The initial investment of $7,000 will be depreciated straight-line over its useful life of five years to a final value of zero, and the discount rate is 10%. a. What is the accounting break-even level of sales if the firm pays no taxes? b. What is the NPV break-even level of sales if the firm pays no taxes? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number. c. What is the accounting break-even level of sales if the firm's tax rate is 20% ? d. What is the NPV break-even level of sales if the firm's tax rate is 20%? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number. e. What is the degree of operating leverage for the firm for the NPV break-even points when the tax rate is 0% and when the tax rate is 20%? Note: Round intermediate calculation to the nearest whole number. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Answer is not complete. 260 units 48 units 286 units a. Accounting break-even level of sales b. NPV break-even level of sales c. Accounting break-even level of sales d. NPV break-even level of sales. e. Degree of operating leverage, t=0% e. Degree of operating leverage, t = 20% 50 units