Problem $2-20($Static$)$ CVP Applications: Break$-$Even Analysis; Cost Structure; Target Sales $[$LO$2-1,$ LO$2-3,$ LO$2-4,$ LO$2-5,$ LO$2-6,$ LO$2-8]$

Northwood Company manufactures basketballs. The company has a ball that sells for $$25.$ At present, the ball is manufactured in a small plant that relies heavily on direct labor workers. Thus, variable expenses are high, totaling $$15$ per ball, of which $60\%$ is direct labor cost.

Last year, the company sold $30,000$ of these balls, with the following results:

$\backslash$table$[[$Sales balls$),$$$750,000$