Perkins Company produces and sells a single product. The company's income statement for the most recent month is given below:

	Sales (18,000 units at $30 per unit)		$540,000
	Less variable costs:
	Direct materials (variable)	$90,000
	Direct labor (variable)	126,000
	Variable factory overhead	80,000
	Variable selling and other expenses	64,000	360,000
	Contribution margin		180,000
	Less fixed expenses:
	Fixed factory overhead	60,000
	Fixed selling and other expenses	85,000	145,000
	Net operating income		$ 35,000

There are no beginning or ending inventories.

Required:

a. Compute the company's break-even point in units and sales dollars.

b. What would the company's monthly net operating income be if sales and total variable costs increased by 30% and total fixed factory overhead dropped by $30,000?

c. What total level of sales (in units) must the company achieve in order to earn a target profit of $95,000?

d. The company has decided to automate a portion of its operations. The change will reduce direct labor costs per unit by 50 percent, but it will double the costs for fixed factory overhead. Every other cost remains unchanged. Compute the new break-even point in units.