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A glass company produces paperweights for export. The paperweights were sold at P125 each which 
does not include shipping cost of P20 per paperweights. These paperweights are then marked-up in 
Japan of P560 per paperweights. The workers in the factory are paid, on the average, the equivalent 
of P420 per day and it is estimated that the average daily output per worker is 70 paperweights. The 
cost of the material is estimated at P44 per paperweigh ts. The fixed cost for the operation is P6M a 
year. The company operates 288 days a year.

1. What is the break-even point? 

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