SOLUTION: You and your brother each sell lemonade. You spend $35 on supplies and plan to charge $1.50 per cup. Your brother spends $20 on supplies and plans to charge $1 per cup. How

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Question 1071632: You and your brother each sell lemonade. You spend $35
on supplies and plan to charge $1.50
per cup. Your brother spends $20
on supplies and plans to charge $1
per cup. How many cups of lemonade will each of you have to sell to earn the same amount of money?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So your profit would be,
P%5B1%5D=-35%2B1.5%2AC
and your brother's profit would be,
P%5B2%5D=-20%2B1%2AC
So then,
P%5B1%5D=P%5B2%5D
-35%2B1.5C=-20%2BC
0.5C=15
C=30
30 cups