Break-even output
What Break-even output means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
The quantity of units a business must sell for total revenue to equal total costs, making neither profit nor loss.
Fixed costs divided by the contribution per unit.
Topics that use Break-even output
- Financial terms and calculations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average annual profit
- Average rate of return
- Average Rate of Return (ARR)
- Break-even
- Break-even chart
- Break-even level of output
- Break-Even Point
- Costs
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