SOLUTION: julie makes and sell shirts for children and adult .she sell the shirts for$20 per unit. material for shirts cost $6 each she has fix cost per month $420 and estimates that she can

Question 1143599: julie makes and sell shirts for children and adult .she sell the shirts for$20 per unit. material for shirts cost $6 each she has fix cost per month $420 and estimates that she can make and sell 80 shirts each month. how many shirts does juliet need to sell to break even
Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The equation for the break event is


    420 + 6x = 20x.


Solve it for x


    420 = 20x - 6x

    420 = 14x

      x  =  = 30.


Since 30 <= 80, the solution is in the feasible domain.


ANSWER.  The break event is 30 shirts.

Solved.

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