Problema Solution

Jenna wants to open a salon and must choose a location. At Location A, she will pay $1200 per month and charge $45 per haircut. At Location B, she will pay $1800 per month and charge $60 per haircut. Write an equation and solve it to determine how many haircuts result in the same profit at either location.

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Let 'x' represent the number of haircuts.

Location A profit will be: 45x - 1200

Location B profit will be: 60x - 1800

Now we can write the equation:

45x - 1200 = 60x - 1800

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click here to see the equation solved for x

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x = 40 haircuts

40 haircuts result in the same profit for each location.