SOLUTION: i need help !!!! Suppose you invest $1500 in equipment to put pictures on t-shirts. You buy each t-shirt for $3. After you have placed the picture on a shirt, you sell it for

Question 182444: i need help !!!!

Suppose you invest $1500 in equipment to put pictures on t-shirts. You buy each t-shirt for $3. After you have placed the picture on a shirt, you sell it for $20. How many T-shirts must you sell to break even ?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose you invest $1500 in equipment to put pictures on t-shirts. You buy each t-shirt for $3. After you have placed the picture on a shirt, you sell it for $20. How many T-shirts must you sell to break even ?
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C=3s+1500......C is the cost and s is the number of t shirts
R=20s..........R is the revenue
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set C=R
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3s+1500=20s
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17s=1500
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shirts.... you cant sell a partial shirt
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so between 88 and 89 shirts sold is break even
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