Answer:Please refer to the explanation section
Explanation:
the question is incomplete the question does not specify how much profit is required, we will modify the question and add a $20000 as a required profit level, the new modified version of the question is "how many of the new beverage containers must be sold each month to make a monthly profit of $20000?"
existing production Plant (16000)
Variable costs = $1.25
fixed costs = $14400
selling price $3
Profit from 16000 units = (16000 x 3) - $14400 - (16000 x 1.25)
Profit from 16000 units = 48000 - 14400 - 20000 = 13600
Profits from first Plant = $13600
Profits from production facility must be $6400 ($20000 - $13600).
Let the number of new units of beverages be x
new fixed cost = $1000
new variable costs = 1.40
3X - (1000 + 1.40X) = 6400
3X -1000 - 1.6X = 6400
1.6X = 6400 + 1000
X = 7400/1.6 = 4750
4750 New units must be sold to make a profit of $2000. total units 16000 + 4750 = 20750 units