SOLUTION: Claire has a small personal business making scented candles.
Her startup costs are $200. Her cost to make each cangle is
$1.50. She sells each candle for $4.00. Use a system of
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Her startup costs are $200. Her cost to make each cangle is
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Question 20527: Claire has a small personal business making scented candles.
Her startup costs are $200. Her cost to make each cangle is
$1.50. She sells each candle for $4.00. Use a system of
equations to determine the number of candles she must sell
to break even. (Write one equation for her prodction costs
and one for her sales revenue.) Answer by venugopalramana(3286) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! production cost...all figures in $....
basis...number of candles made = x
start up cost =200
making cost per candle =1.5
cost of making x candles =1.5*x
total production cost =200+1.5*x
sales revenue....
sale price per candle=4
sales revenue for x candles =4*x
now to break even............. sales revenue =production cost
so.........4*x=200+1.5*x
4*x-1.5*x=200
2.5*x=200
x=200/2.5=80
hence 80 candles are to be made to break even..
