SOLUTION: You and your brother each sell lemonade. You spend $35 on supplies and plan to charge $1.50 per cup. Your brother spends $20 on supplies and plans to charge $1 per cup. How

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Question 1071632: You and your brother each sell lemonade. You spend $35
on supplies and plan to charge $1.50
per cup. Your brother spends $20
on supplies and plans to charge $1
per cup. How many cups of lemonade will each of you have to sell to earn the same amount of money?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So your profit would be,

and your brother's profit would be,

So then,




30 cups

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