SOLUTION: The booster club sets up a hot dog stand for fundraising at a middle school. The club receives $14 in donations while members set up the stand. The club sells hot dogs for $1.50.

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Question 1101637: The booster club sets up a hot dog stand for fundraising at a middle school. The club receives $14 in donations while members set up the stand. The club sells hot dogs for $1.50. Each hot dog costs the club $0.25 and other supplies cost $54. The club wants to know how many hot dogs they must sell to break even (breaking even occurs when income equals expenses) Write an equation that represents this situtation, where H represents the number of hot dogs sold. Then solve the equation.
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Let +h+ = number of hot dogs sold
Let +C+ = their total cost for +h+ hot dogs sold
+C+=+.25h+%2B+54+
Let +R+ = revenue from sales of +h+ hot dogs
+R+=+1.5h+%2B+14+
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The break even point is where +C+=+R+
+.25h+%2B+54+=+1.5h+%2B+14+
+1.25h+=+40+
+h+=+32+
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32 hot dogs must be sold in order
to break even