Question

Building the set of a play costs a theater $5000. Each performance costs $700. The theater made $1200 worth of tickets. How many performances will have to be put on in order to break even?

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Answer 1

6 performances

Explanation:

They already made $1200, so 5000-1200= $3800 left that they need to make, so you need to divide: 3800/700=6 performances to break even (rounded up to the nearest whole number).