Problema Solution

The fixed costs are $550000 and the variable costs are $120 per machine. The wholesale price of the machine will be $140. How many games must you sell for the company to break even?

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profit = revenue - cost


let 'n' represent the number of games sold:

cost = 120n + 550000

revenue = 140n


we want to solve for 'n' when cost equals revenue:

140n = 120n + 550000

20n = 550000

n = 550000/20 = 27500


27,500 games must be sold in order to break even