You are the chief financial advisor to a corporation that owns an office complex consisting of 50 units. At $400 per month, every unit can be rented. However, for each $20 per month increase, there will be two vacancies with no possibility of filling them. The corporation wants to receive a total of $20240 per month from rents in the complex. You are asked to determine the rent that should be charge for each unit. What is your reply?

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You are the chief financial advisor to a corporation that owns an office complex consisting of 50 units.  At $400 per month, every unit can be rented.  However, for each $20 per month increase, there will be two vacancies with no possibility of filling them.  The corporation  wants to receive a total of $20240 per month from rents in the complex.  You are asked to determine the rent that should be charge for each unit.  What is your reply?