(3) total revenue equals total cost Explanation: Break-even is the point of balance between making either a profit or a loss. In economics & business, specifically cost accounting, the break-even point (BEP) is the point at which cost or expenses and revenue are equal: there is no net loss or gain, and one has "broken even". A profit or a loss has not been made, although opportunity costs have been "paid", and capital has received the riskadjusted, expected return.