SOLUTION: Your starting a business you decide to sell greeting cards for 2.50 it is going to cost you 1.25 for the paper per card and you paid for all the pens to make the cards which cost 1

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Question 1017965: Your starting a business you decide to sell greeting cards for 2.50 it is going to cost you 1.25 for the paper per card and you paid for all the pens to make the cards which cost 15.00. How do you break even
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, stanbon:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The break even point is where:
[ cost ] = [ amount of sales ]
+1.25+ = cost/card
+2.5+ = sales receipts/ card
Let +n+ = number of cards sold
+1.25n+%2B+15+=+2.5n+
+1.25n+=+15+
+n+=+12+
12 cards must be sold to break even

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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You're starting a business you decide to sell greeting cards for 2.50
It is going to cost you 1.25 for the paper per card and you paid for all the pens to make the cards which cost 15.00. How do you break even?
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Cost:: 15 + 1.25x where x is the number of cards
Revenue:: 2.50x
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Equation:
Cost = Revenue
15+1.25x = 2.50x
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1.25x = 15
x = 12 ( you break even when you sell 12 cards )
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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