SOLUTION: Sue is starting a lawn-cutting business. Her start-up cost to buy two lawn mowers and an edge trimmer is $665. She has figured out that she will use about $1 in gas for each lawn.
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Question 480119: Sue is starting a lawn-cutting business. Her start-up cost to buy two lawn mowers and an edge trimmer is $665. She has figured out that she will use about $1 in gas for each lawn. If she charges $20 per lawn, what will her break-even point be?
I have to use the substitution method to solve it
But I am having trouble trying to figure out the two equations
I think one equation might be 2x+t=665 Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sue is starting a lawn-cutting business. Her start-up cost to buy two lawn mowers and an edge trimmer is $665. She has figured out that she will use about $1 in gas for each lawn. If she charges $20 per lawn, what will her break-even point be?
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Let n = number of lawns mowed
"revenue" = 20n
"cost" = n + 665
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Break even point is when"
"cost" = "revenue"
n + 665 = 20n
665 = 19n
35 = n
she will have to mow 35 lawns to break even
