Chester has a new design for their product Cent next round that can reduce their material cost of producing units from $8.14 to $7.32. Chester passes on half of all cost savings by cutting the current price to customers. For simplicity: - Use current labor costs of $4.15 - Assume all period costs as reported on Chester's Income Statement (Annual Rpt Pg 2) will remain the same. Determine how many units (000) of product Cent would need to be sold next round to break even on the product.

Asmall town wants to build some new recreational facilities. the proposed facilities include a swimming pool, recreation center, basketball court and baseball field. the town council wants to provide the facilities which will be used by the most people, but they face budget and land limitations. the town has $400,000 and 14 acres of land. the pool requires locker facilities which would be in the recreation center, so if the swimming pool is built the recreation center must also be built. also, the council has only enough flat land to build the basketball court or the baseball field. the daily usage and cost of the facilities (in $1,000) are shown below. which facilities should they build? facilityusagecost ($1,000)landswimming pool4001002recreation center5002003basketball court3001504baseball field2001005