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Pritker Devices normally produces and sells 40,000 units of RG-6 each month. RG-6 is a small electrical relay used as a component part in the automotive industry. The selling price is $26 per unit, variable costs are $22 per unit, fixed manufacturing overhead costs total $300,000 per month, and fixed selling costs total $66,000 per month. Strikes in the companies that purchase the bulk of the RG-6 units have caused Pritker Devices' sales to temporarily drop to only 18,000 units per month. Pritker Devices estimates that the strikes will last for two months, after which sales of RG-6 should return to normal. Due to the current low levels of sales, Pritker Devices is thinking about closing down its own plant during the strike, which would reduce fixed manufacturing overhead costs by $60,000 per month and its fixed selling costs by 10%. Start up costs at the end of the shutdown period would total $1,000. Since Pritker Devices uses Lean Production methods, no inventories are on hand.

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1. Assuming that the strikes continue for two months, would you recommend that Pritker Devices close its own plant. Show Computations.

2. At what level of sales(in units) for the two-month period should Pritker Devices be indifferent between closing the plant or keeping it open? Show computations. (hint: this is a type of break even analysis, except that the fixed cost portion of your break-even computation should include only those fixed costs that are relevant over the two-month period.)

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I have completed the problem and want to confirm if I have done so correctly. Please show the steps in completing required 1 and 2. This will help me understand the Cost analysis.

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