A small business invests $9,900 in equipment to produce a product. Each unit of the product costs $0.65 to produce and is sold for $1.20. How many units of the product must be sold before the revenue received equals the total expense of production, including the initial investment in equipment?

To break even the company must sell

Explanation:

The position at which the company is at no profit and loss position then it is said that the company is at breakeven position.

Break-even position can be found from the following position:

Breakeven position = Fixed cost /  contribution per unit

The fixed cost here is initial investment which is $9900 and the contribution can be found by taking the difference between selling price per unit and variable cost per unit. The contribution per unit is $0.55 per unit ($1.2 - $0.65). By putting values in the above equation we have:

Breakeven position = $9900 / $0.55 per unit = 18000 Units

So 18000 units are required to sell to reach at a no profit no loss position.

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