SOLUTION: the student council is hosting an art exhibit for young artists. each artist must pay $33 for a display booth. Plus they must donate 5% of their total sales to the school. it costs

Question 1131942: the student council is hosting an art exhibit for young artists. each artist must pay $33 for a display booth. Plus they must donate 5% of their total sales to the school. it costs the artists $6 in materials to make a painting that each sell for $15. write and solve an equation to find how many paintings the artists must sell in order to break even
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At break even, Cost = Income
Let = number of paintings sold
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An artist must sell 4 paintings to break even.
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