Popper exclamation markPopper! is a specialty popcorn store. It offers two varieties of popcorn: plain and flavored. The flavors range from Caramel Popcorn to Dark Chocolate Drizzled Popcorn to White Cheddar Popcorn. The plain popcorn sells for $ 1.40$1.40 per box and costs $ 0.60$0.60 per box to make. The flavored popcorn sells for $ 4.35$4.35 per box and costs $ 2.80$2.80 per box to make. Popper exclamation markPopper! has fixed costs per month of $ 2 comma 940$2,940. Popper exclamation markPopper! sells 1 box of plain popcorn for every 4 boxes of flavored popcorn. How many boxes of plain popcorn and how many boxes of flavored popcorn must Popper exclamation markPopper! sell each month to break even?
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