Break-Even - HP 20b Business Consultant Quick Start Manual

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Break-even

Figure 9-1 The Menu Map for the Break-even Menu
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Press
data by entering a number and pressing
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by pressing
To reset the Break-even menu, from anywhere in the menu press
BrkEven displayed, press
O
again to exit the menu.
The sale price of an item is $300.00, the variable cost price is $250.00, and
the fixed costs are $150,000.00. How many units would have to be sold to
break even (profit = 0%)? This example is shown in Table 9-1 with RPN as
the active operating mode.
to open the Break-even menu. Starting with Fixed= , input known
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or repeatedly. Press
I
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. Scroll to the unknown variable
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to calculate it.
to reset the menu or
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O
to cancel. Press
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