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250 Sales Mix and Break-Even Sales Data related to the expected sales of laptops and tablets for Tech Products Inc. for the current year, which is typical of recent years, are as follows: Products Unit Selling Price Unit Variable Cost Sales Mix Laptops 5290 $200 30% Tablets 530 70% The estimated fixed costs for the current year are 5983,430. Required: 1. Determine the estimated units of sales of the overall (total) product, E, necessary to reach the break-even point for the current year. X units 2. Based on the break-even sales (units) in part (1), determine the unit sales of both laptops and tablets for the current year. Laptops: X units X units 3. Assume that the sales mix was 70% laptops and 30% tablets. Determine the estimated units of sales of the overall product necessary to reach the break-even point for the current year. Tablets: units Why is it so different? The break-even point is higher toward the product with the lower ✓ heavily ✓ in this scenario than in part (1) because the sales mix is weighted more contribution margin per unit of product