Question

A new athletic shoe store had expenses of $40,000 for designing and building the shelves and counters and $120,000 for the first year’s shoe inventory. So far this year, the shoe sales are $70,000.



What do the sales have to be for the rest of the year for the store to break even?



A.
$40,000


B.
$70,000


C.
$80,000


D.


$90,000

Answer 1

Breakeven means you make no profit or loss

so you need to find
sales - expenses = 0
x + 70,000 - 120000 - 40000 = 0

Answer 2

so what is it

Answer 3

solve for x yourself and thats your answer

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

thanks

Answer 6

your welcome