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  "title": "Business Break-Even Calculator — United States inputs",
  "description": "Calculate a single-product contribution break-even with whole-unit rounding and a clearly defined accounting period. USD planning view; stated limitations apply.",
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      "title": "Fixed costs in one consistent period",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 10000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "unitPrice": {
      "title": "Net selling price per unit",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 50,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "variableCost": {
      "title": "Variable cost per sold unit",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 30,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "targetProfit": {
      "title": "Target profit in the same period",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
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  },
  "required": [
    "fixedCost",
    "unitPrice",
    "variableCost",
    "targetProfit"
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    "calculatorUrl": "https://askcalculators.com/us/break-even/",
    "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/us/break-even/?fixedCost=10000&unitPrice=50&variableCost=30&targetProfit=0",
    "migrationStatus": "new",
    "reviewStatus": "pending",
    "pageStatus": "live",
    "workStatus": "pending",
    "formula": {
      "expression": "whole target units = ceiling((fixed costs + target profit) ÷ (unit price − variable cost)).",
      "note": "Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula."
    },
    "quality": {
      "availability": "live",
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      "qualifiedReview": "pending",
      "qualifiedReviewer": null,
      "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
      "formulaVersion": "20.16.0",
      "referenceCoverage": "references-listed",
      "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
      "historicalMetadataDate": "",
      "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
    },
    "outputs": {
      "contribution": {
        "title": "Contribution per unit",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2
      },
      "breakEvenUnits": {
        "title": "Whole units required to break even",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "number",
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      },
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        "title": "Whole units required for target profit",
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        "x-digits": 2
      },
      "targetRevenue": {
        "title": "Revenue at rounded target units",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2,
        "x-primary": true
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