Question

Sarah is the president of the drama club and wants to publish a newspaper. Expenses are $.90 for printing and mailing each copy, plus $600 total for research and writing. The price of the newsletter is $1.50 per copy. How many copies of the newsletter must the club sell to break even?

a. To break even, the drama club must sell 1000 copies.
b. To break even, the drama club must sell 100 copies.
c. To break even, the drama club must sell 250 copies.
d. To break even, the drama club must sell 444 copies.

Answer 1

The question is similar. Just calm down and write the equations for expenditure and gain separately. Let the no. of copies be x and solve the equation. I wan't you to try out this one.

Answer 2

1.50x+.90=600

Answer 3

noo

Answer 4

1.5x is the money they earn.. And, 600 + 0.9x is what they have spent. Read the question carefully.

Answer 5

so 600+0.9x=1.5x and solve

Answer 6

yup