The condensed income statement for the Peri and Paul partnership for 2017 is as follows.

PERI AND PAUL COMPANY
Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
Sales (240,000 units) $1,200,000
Cost of goods sold 800,000
Gross profit 400,000
Operating expenses
Selling $280,000
Administrative 150,000 430,000
Net loss $(30,000 )

A cost behavior analysis indicates that 75% of the cost of goods sold are variable, 44% of the selling expenses are variable, and 44% of the administrative expenses are variable.

Compute the break-even point in total sales dollars and in units for 2017.

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500