Problema Solution
you are starting a business selling boses of hand painted greeting cards. to get started, you spend 36.00 on paint and paintbrushes that you need. you buy boxes of plain cards for 3.50 a box, paint the cards and then sell them for 5.oo box. how many boxes must you sell for your earnings to equal your expenses. what will your earnings and expenses equal when you break even?
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let 'x' represent the number of boxes sold
expenses:
36.00 + 3.50x
earnings:
5.00x
we want to solve 'x' when earnings equal expenses:
36 + 3.5x = 5x
36 = 1.5x
x = 36 / 1.5 = 24
you need to set 24 boxes in order to break even