BYP 18 1 Martinez Company has decided to introduce

BYP 18 1 Martinez Company has decided to introduce a new product. The new product can be manufactured by either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The manufacturing method will not affect the quality of the product. The estimated manufacturing costs by the two methods are as follows. 
					Capital-Intensive		Labor Intensive
Direct Materials			$5 per unit			$5.50 per unit
Direct Labor				$6 per unit			$8.00 per unit
Variable Overhead			$3 per unit			$4.50 per unit
Fixed manufacturing costs 		$2,508,000			$1,538,000
Martinez- market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $30. The incremental selling expenses are estimated to be $502,000 annually plus $2 for each unit sold, regardless of manufacturing method.

a)	Determine the annual unit sales volume at which Martinez Company would be indifferent between the two manufacturing methods.

In not more than 170 words answer the above question in (a)
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