There is a specialty store that you like to go to when you are craving jelly beans. The price is reasonable at $1.30 per pound. The store is a bit of a distance away and you could purchase the same jelly beans at your neighborhood supermarket, but the cost is a little more at $2.10 per pound. You spend about $3 on gas every time you go to the specialty store. How do you know if you are getting enough of the jelly beans to make the trip worthwhile?

Using the following equations determine your break-even point
c=3.00+1.30x
C=2.10c

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There is a specialty store that you like to go to when you are craving jelly beans. The price is reasonable at $1.30 per pound. The store is a bit of a distance away and you could purchase the same jelly beans at your neighborhood supermarket, but the cost is a little more at $2.10 per pound. You spend about $3 on gas every time you go to the specialty store. How do you know if you are getting enough of the jelly beans to make the trip worthwhile?



Using the following equations determine your break-even point 
c=3.00+1.30x
C=2.10c

@kappa007

anonymous · Answer

I guess, break-even point means when he cost incurred both ways is the same.  Then we need to equate : 3 + 1.3x to 2.1x    Your equations are confusing me, maybe you meant x in the 2nd's rhs.