SOLUTION: The drama club is selling candles .they pay $22 for the advertising brochures and 3.25 for each candle . If they sell each candle for 6.50 hihow many candles must they sell to brea

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Question 832647: The drama club is selling candles .they pay $22 for the advertising brochures and 3.25 for each candle . If they sell each candle for 6.50 hihow many candles must they sell to break even ?
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Their fixed cost is $22. It doesn't matter how many they sell, it's fixed at $22. The variable cost is 3.25.
Total cost is 22 + 3.25x
Total revenue is 6.5x
To break even, cost must equal revenue
22 + 3.25x = 6.5x
Subtract 3.25x from each side
22 = 3.25x
Divide each side by 3.25
= 6.769
They are in the red with 6 candles and in the black with 7.