document.write( "Question 907226: You are starting a business selling boxes of hand-painted greeting cards. To get started, you spend $36 on paint and paintbrushes that you need. You buy boxes of plain cards for $3.50 per box, paint the cards, and then sell them for $5 per box.
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Your fixed costs are $36
\n" ); document.write( "Your variable costs are $3.50 per box
\n" ); document.write( "Your profit per box is $1.50
\n" ); document.write( "Your break-even point is when your profit equals your fixed costs.
\n" ); document.write( "1.5x = 36
\n" ); document.write( "Divide each side by 1.5
\n" ); document.write( "x = 24
\n" ); document.write( "If you sell 24 boxes for $5, your gross sales are $120
\n" ); document.write( "Your costs are 36 + (3.5*24), or 36 + 84, or $120
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