Break-Even; The Break-Even Menu; Break-Even Example - HP 20B User Manual

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Break-even

The Break-even Menu

To open the Break-even menu, press
I
. Once you have entered all known data, press
=
to calculate it.
The break-even function allows you to study problems involving a profit, when a quantity of items, with a cost to manufacture
and a fixed price to develop and market, is sold at a given price. See Figure 1.

Break-even Example

The sale price of an item is 300.00, the cost is 250.00, and the fixed cost is 150,000.00. How many units would have to be
sold to make a profit of 10,000.00?
Table 7-1 Break-even Example
Keys
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1500
00I
<250
I
<300
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<1000
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Figure 1 The Menu Map for the Break-even Menu
:!
. To change the value of the displayed item, key in a number and press
<
Display
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>
or repeatedly to scroll to the unknown item and press
Description
Opens the Break-even menu starting with the current
value for fixed costs.
Inputs 150,000 . 00 for fixed cost .
Inputs 250.00 for variable cost per unit .
Inputs 300 . 00 for price .
Inputs 10,000.00 for profit.
Break-even