SOLUTION: You are starting a business selling boxes of hand painted greeting cards. To get started, you spend $36 on paint and paintbrushes that you need. You buy boxes of plain cards for $3

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Question 70461: You are starting a business selling boxes of hand painted greeting cards. To get started, you spend $36 on paint and paintbrushes that you need. You buy boxes of plain cards for $3.50 per box, paint the cards, and then sell them for $5 per box. How many boxes must you sell for oyur revenue to equal your expenses? What will your revenue and expenses equal when you break even? This problem is from Algebra 2 Applications Graphs Equations Larson Boswell Kanold Stiff. Chapter 3 lesson 2 P.153
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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36+%2B+3.5b+=+5b
1.5b+=+36
b+=+24
You must sell 24 boxes to break even
When you break even, your revenue and expenses will be
5b+=+5%2A24
5%2A24+=+120dollars