Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337270595
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Break-even Analysis: It refers to an analysis of the level of operations at which a company experiences its revenues generated is equal to its costs incurred. Thus, when a company reaches at its break-even, it reports neither an income nor a loss from operations. The formula to calculate the break-even point in sales units is as follows:

Break-evenpointinSales(units) =FixedCostsContributionMarginperunit

To compute: the variable cost per unit.

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