A producer of felt tip pens has received a forecast of demand of 32.000 pens for the coming month from its marketing department costs of $36.000 per month are allocated to the felt-tip operation. and variable costs are 39 cents per pen.
1. Find the break-even quantity if pens sell for $3 each.
2. At what price must pens be sold to obtain a monthly profit of $19,000, assuming that estimated demand materializes?