(1) Where, - Z = the total profit or loss for a specified volume of units, - v = the amount of volume that is examined in the equation, - p = the price of one unit that is being measured here, - c f = the sum of fixed costs for the units produced, and - c v = the sum of variable costs for the units produced. Though this looks like a daunting problem and yucky formula, it really isn’t all that hard once one knows what is going on. From the problem’s text, we know that the fixed costs are $8,000.00 and variable costs are approximately $65.00 per table while the revenues generated per table are $180.00.