Kennywood Inc., a manufacturing firm, is able to produce 1,300 pairs of pants per hour, at maximum efficiency. There are three eight-hour shifts each day. Due to unavoidable operating interruptions, production averages 850 units per hour. The plant actually operates only 28 days per month. Based on the current budget, Kennywood estimates that it will be able to sell only 500,000 units due to the entry of a competitor with aggressive marketing capabilities. But the demand is unlikely to be affected in future and will be around 519,000. Assume the month has 30 days. What is the master-budget capacity utilization level for this budget period?

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Master-budget capacity utilization is the level of capacity utilization that managers expect for the current budget period. In this case, the level of capacity utilization is estimated to be 500,000 units.