Lets say an airplane company has fixed costs of $100 million and variable costs per unit of $2 million. planes sell for $3 million each. what us the company's break even point in terms of the number of planes that need to be told just to beak even
The fixed costs start the company at a net of -$100 million per year. Each plane that is produced and sold earns the company a net of +$1 million (-2 + 3). This would mean that the company would need to sell 100 airplanes in order to break even for the year.