SOLUTION: A business invests $50,000 in equipment to produce a new hand-held video game. Each game costs $18.00 to produce and is sold for $32.75. How many hand-held video games must be sold

SOLUTION: A business invests $50,000 in equipment to produce a new hand-held video game. Each game costs $18.00 to produce and is sold for $32.75. How many hand-held video games must be sold

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Question 1126918: A business invests $50,000 in equipment to produce a new hand-held video game. Each game costs $18.00 to produce and is sold for $32.75. How many hand-held video games must be sold before the business breaks even?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
50,000 + 18x = 32.75x
32.75x - 18x = 50,000
14.75x = 50,000
x = 3,390 must be sold to break even
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