document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=430610>Question 430610</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help making a system of equations using this word problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Janice is selling souvenir T-shirts at the annual Fiddle Contest in Bushnell Park. Her expenses are $400 to rent the booth and $5 for the blank T-shirts. After printing the design she will then sell them for $17 each. How many T-shirts must she sell to break even?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #299023 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=299023\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Janice is selling souvenir T-shirts at the annual Fiddle Contest in Bushnell Park. Her expenses are $400 to rent the booth and $5 for the blank T-shirts. After printing the design she will then sell them for $17 each. How many T-shirts must she sell to break even?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Expenses: E(x) = 400+5t where \"t\" is # of blank-T-shirts.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Revenue: R(x) = 17t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Break Even mean Expense = Revenue<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "400 + 5t = 17t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400 = 12t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 33 1/3 (# of blank T-shirts she should sell to break even)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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