Break-even point
Work out how many units you must sell to cover your fixed costs, and see how a price change moves that number.
In this lesson
- Contribution per unit (also called contribution margin) = price minus variable cost per unit.
- Break-even units = fixed costs divided by contribution:
=B2/(B3-B4). - Round up to a whole unit:
=ROUNDUP(B2/(B3-B4),0).
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Where it sits in Business math
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