Question 223548: You decide to market your own custom computer software. You invest $3255 for computer hardware and spend $2.90 to buy and package each disk. If each program sells for $13.75, how many copies must you sell to break even.
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! You decide to market your own custom computer software. You invest $3255 for computer hardware and spend $2.90 to buy and package each disk. If each program sells for $13.75, how many copies must you sell to break even.
Let the amount of programs or disks I need to sell be D
Then the amount I'd have to spend to buy and package D disks is: 2.9D
The proceeds from selling D disks = 13.75D
In order to break even, we have: 13.75D = 2.9D + 3,255
13.75D - 2.9D = 3,255
10.85D = 3,255
D =  = 300
Therefore, in order to break even, I will have to sell D, or  disks, or programs.
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