Determine the annual unit sales volume at which creative


I'm have trouble understand what the question is asking on part b. I'm working out of WileyPlus, Kimmel Accounting 6th Ed, Expand Your Critical Thinking 18-1. My part a is correct, BE for capital intensive and Labor Intensive:

Creative Ideas Company has decided to introduce a new product. The new product can be manufactured by either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The manufacturing method will not affect the quality of the product. The estimated manufacturing costs by the two methods are as follows.

Creative Ideas' market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $28. The incremental selling expenses are estimated to be $432,000 annually plus $2 for each unit sold, regardless of manufacturing method.

With the class divided into groups, answer the following.

(a) Calculate the estimated break-even point in annual unit sales of the new product if Creative Ideas Company uses the: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)

(1) Capital-intensive manufacturing method.
(2) Labor-intensive manufacturing method.

(b) Determine the annual unit sales volume at which Creative Ideas Company would be indifferent between the two manufacturing methods. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)

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