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Fixed cost Profit
Break Even point Marginal of safety
Fixed cost
Break Even point = -----------
Pvr%
Contribution
Pvr% = ----------------- 100
Sales
Profit
Margin of safety = -----------------
Pvr%
Contribution = Sales --- Variable cost
As per the data supplied by the accounts department the fix cost of a firm
are Rs.28000 per annum and the variable cost per unit is Rs.3.Thefirm sells
each unit at Rs.10.At what level and output does the break even point?
Cont = sales - variable cost
= 10 pu – 3 pu
= 7 pu
Contribution
PVR = ------------------- * 100
Sales
7 pu
=--------- *100
10 pu
= 70%
Fixed cost
BEP = ------------------
PVR%
28000
= ------------
70%
= 40000/-
= 4000 unit
.: A firm achieve at least Rs.40000 or 4000 unit output the he sets it BEP
ASSUMPTION
The cost function & the revenue function are linear
The total cost is divided into fixed 7 variable cost
The selling price is constant
The volume of sales & the volume of production are identical
Average & marginal productivity of factor are constant
Factor price is constant
LIMITATIONS
It is static
It is unrealistic
It is scope to limited to the short run only
It is difficult to handle selling costs in the
break even analysis
The traditional break even analysis is very
simple