document.write( "Question 356643: to earn money for college, susan is making and selling earrings. her weekly costs for advertising and phone calls are $36, and each pair of earrings costs $1.50 to produce. if susan sells the earrings at $6 per pair, how many pairs must she sell per week to break even? \n" ); document.write( "
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to earn money for college, susan is making and selling earrings. her weekly costs for advertising and phone calls are $36, and each pair of earrings costs $1.50 to produce.
\n" ); document.write( "Total cost = 36+1.5x to produce \"x\" earrings.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if susan sells the earrings at $6 per pair, how many pairs must she sell per week to break even?
\n" ); document.write( "Revenue = 6x for selling \"x\" earrings.
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation to determine the break even # of earrings.
\n" ); document.write( "36+1.5x = 6x
\n" ); document.write( "4.5x = 36
\n" ); document.write( "x = 8 earrings.
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