Piedmont Company segments its business into two regions-North and South. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement as shown: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Traceable fixed expenses Segment margin Common fixed expenses Net operating income Total Company $ 1,156,250 786,250 370,000 156,000 1. Dollar sales for company to break even 2. Dollar sales for North segment to break even 3. Dollar sales for South segment to break even North $ 925,000 740,000 185,000 78,000 214,000 $ 107,000 68,000 $ 146,000 South $ 231,250 46,250 185,000 78,000 $ 107,000 Required: 1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. 2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the North region. 3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the South region. (For all requirements, round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar.

Piedmont Company segments its business into two regions-North and South. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement as shown: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Traceable fixed expenses Segment margin Common fixed expenses Net operating income Total Company $ 1,156,250 786,250 370,000 156,000 1. Dollar sales for company to break even 2. Dollar sales for North segment to break even 3. Dollar sales for South segment to break even North $ 925,000 740,000 185,000 78,000 214,000 $ 107,000 68,000 $ 146,000 South $ 231,250 46,250 185,000 78,000 $ 107,000 Required: 1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. 2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the North region. 3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the South region. (For all requirements, round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar.

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