Question

A baker makes bread and sells them at county fairs. Her initial cost for the parish fair was $40. She figures that each bread costs $2.50 to make, and charges $6.50 per bread. let x represent the number of bread sold. (Assume that there were no cakes left over.)

Answer 1

what is the question?

Answer 2

Is it asking for the revenue? or the total cost?

Answer 3

find the revenue meaning find x i think

Answer 4

is this the type of equation where the total cost = the revenue?

Answer 5

i think its looking for profit which is revenue - cost

Answer 6

if that's the case, then
Cost is 2.5 x + 40

Revenue is 6.5 x

So what is 6.5 x - (2.5 x + 40)

Answer 7

4x + 40 = 0?
so x =10?

Answer 8

4x - 40

Answer 9

actually im not too sure if it's looking for profit or something else. The question is not too clear or it's missing something

Answer 10

yeah, cause i'm looking at the book and im not sure bout what it is asking either :/

Answer 11

If your initial cost is $40 and each bread costs $2.50 to make then that would give you 40 / 2.5 = 16 breads, right? Which makes the rest irrelevant. That's what I think, anyway.

Answer 12

x = 16 only if you sell all the breads.