Handy-Maid Cleaning Service is considering off ering anadditional line of services to include professional offi ce cleaning.Annual fi xed costs for this additional service are estimated tobe $9000. Variable costs are estimated at $50 per unit of service.If the price of the new service is set at $80 per unit of service,how many units of service are needed for Handy-Maid to breakeven?
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Handy-Maid Cleaning Service is considering off ering an
additional line of services to include professional offi ce cleaning.
Annual fi xed costs for this additional service are estimated to
be $9000. Variable costs are estimated at $50 per unit of service.
If the price of the new service is set at $80 per unit of service,
how many units of service are needed for Handy-Maid to break
even?
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