Bikes'r'us manufactures bikes, which sell for $250. it costs the $180 per bike, plus a startup fee of $3,500. after how many bikes sold will the manufacturer break even?

The bikes sold at break even by the manufacturer is 50 units

Explanation:

We know that break even point is given by  the following formula,

We are given startup fee = $3500 which is the fixed cost,

the bikes sell for $250 which is the price per unit and

cost per bike is equal to $180

So substituting these values in the formula we get

=

=  = 50

= 50 units which is the number of bikes sold at break even by the manufacturer.