The Louisiana Art & Science Museum is planning a fundraising gala. Attendees can tour a new exhibit by artist Lin Emery before it is unveiled to the public. The gala also includes a cocktail reception. They estimate that security fees, wages for museum workers, etc. will amount to $22,500 in fixed costs. The museum receives a bid from a different catering company. This company will only charge $10 per person and instead charges an additional fixed rate to pay for servers' wages, etc. (for the first catering company, these costs are part of the variable cost). Assuming you sell 300 tickets at $150 per ticket using either company and assuming the original catering company charges you using the reduced rate from 3c, what is the maximum additional fixed cost for this new catering company in order to prefer using them over the original company?

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