BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS

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  • What is amortization?
    a cost associated with the falling in value of certain types of assets
  • What is break-even point?
    a level of output where total costs and total revenue are exactly the same. neither a profit or a loss is made
  • How do you calculate break-even point?
    break-even point= fixed costs / selling price - variable cost per unit
  • What is a break-even chart?
    a graph that shows the total cost and total revenue
  • What is a margin of safety?
    the amount of output available to be sold above the break-even point where the business makes a profit
  • What does a break-even chart show?
    • how much output a business has to produce in order to break even
    • the costs, revenue and profit at different levels of output
    • the margin of safety
  • What is bulk-buying?
    buying goods in large quantities, which is usually cheaper than buying in small quantities
  • What is a stockpile?
    a large supply of goods that are being kept for possible use in the future