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Piedmont Company segments its business into two regionsNorth and South. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement as shown:

Total Company North South
Sales $ 675,000 $ 450,000 $ 225,000
Variable expenses 405,000 315,000 90,000
Contribution margin 270,000 135,000 135,000
Traceable fixed expenses 132,000 66,000 66,000
Segment margin 138,000 $ 69,000 $ 69,000
Common fixed expenses 58,000
Net operating income $ 80,000

Required:

1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales.

2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the North region.

3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the South region.

(For all requirements, round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar.)

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