SOLUTION: Ray Bond sells handcrafted yard decorations at county fairs. The variable cost to make these is $20 each, and he sells them for $50. The cost to rent a booth at the fair is $150.

Question 317842: Ray Bond sells handcrafted yard decorations at county fairs. The variable cost to make these is
$20 each, and he sells them for $50. The cost to rent a booth at the fair is $150. How many of these
must Ray sell to break even?

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the break even quantity be x
$20 s cost for each .
Total cost = 20x
Booth rent = 150
sales will be 50x
20x+150=50x
30x=150
x=5 Numbers
CHECK
5*20+150=250
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