Niko has purchased a brand new machine to produce its High Flight line of shoes. The machine has an economic life of six years. The depreciation schedule for the machine is straight-line with no salvage value. The machine costs $750,000. The sales price per pair of shoes is $61, while the variable cost is $15. $175,000 of fixed costs per year are attributed to the machine. Assume that the corporate tax rate is 35 percent and the appropriate discount rate is 9 percent. Required:
What is the financial break-even point?

On december 31, 2016, the decarreau, andrew, and bui partnership had the following fiscal year-end balance sheet: cash $10,000accounts receivable $20,000inventory $25,000plant assets - net $30,000loan to decarreau $18,000total assets $103,000accounts payable $14,000loan from bui $15,000decarreaua, capital (20%) $32,000andrew, capital (10%) $23,000bui, capital (70%) $19,000total liab./equity $103,000the percentages shown are the residual profit and loss sharing ratios. the partners dissolved the partnership on january 1, 2017, and began the liquidation process. during july the following events occurred: * receivables of $18,000 were collected.* all inventory was sold for $15,000.*all available cash was distributed on january 31, except for$8,000 that was set aside for contingent expenses. the book value of the partnership equity (i. e., total equity of the partners) on december 31, 2016 isa. $58,000b. $71,000c. $66,000d. $81,000