SOLUTION: band members bought a large number of T-shirts for $100. each cost $8 to print and $12 to sell. graph a system of equations to find the number of T-shirts the band members need to

Question 1080646: band members bought a large number of T-shirts for $100. each cost $8 to print and $12 to sell. graph a system of equations to find the number of T-shirts the band members need to print and sell to break even. what will the cost and revenue be?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let t be the number of t-shirts to be sold. Then, to break even, we have:
100=(12-8)t
4t=100
t=25 t-shirts need to be sold to break even.
The cost will be 100+8(25), or $300
The revenue will be 12(25), or $300
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