The Branson Corporation is considering a change in its cash-only policy. The new termswould be net one period. The required return is 2 percent per period.Price per unitCost per unitCurrentNewPolicyPolicy$ 86$ 88$46$46Unit sales per month4,400?What is the break-even quantity for the new credit policy? (Do not round intermediatecalculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)Answer is complete but not entirely correct.Break-even quantity4,397.63x

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