3. Suppose it costs $3.50 to produce a prerecorded cassette with the overhead of $10,000, which sells for $6.00 with no middleman. How many cassettes must be sold to break even and interpret the result?

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3. Suppose it costs $3.50 to produce a prerecorded cassette with the overhead of $10,000,
which sells for $6.00 with no middleman. How many cassettes must be sold to break
even and interpret the result?
Transcribed Image Text:3. Suppose it costs $3.50 to produce a prerecorded cassette with the overhead of $10,000, which sells for $6.00 with no middleman. How many cassettes must be sold to break even and interpret the result?
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Break-even point is the point at which total revenue equals total costs or expenses.

At this point there is no profit or loss

Break even point =Fixed costsTotal sales revenue- Cost to make product

 

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