Break-Even Point. The El Portal Center for the Arts is showing a movie to raise money for a local charity. The cost to put on the event is $2,070, which includes rent on the Center and movie, insurance, and wages for the paid attendants. If tickets cost $9 each, then solving the equation 9x = 2,070 gives the number of tickets they must sell in order to cover their costs. This number is called the break-even point. Solve the equation for x to find the break-even point.The break even point is at ? tickets.