Business GCSE
Break-even chart
What Break-even chart means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
A chart where the horizontal axis shows output and the vertical axis shows money, with total revenue and total cost lines.
A chart on which the break-even point is where the total revenue line crosses the total cost line.
A chart that plots total revenue and total costs against output.
Topics that use Break-even chart
- Financial terms and calculations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average annual profit
- Average rate of return
- Average Rate of Return (ARR)
- Break-even
- Break-even level of output
- Break-even output
- Break-Even Point
- Costs
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