Question

4. We are going to sell Brownie Bites to make money for a fieldtrip. The Brownie Bites ingredients cost $138. It also costs $0.35 for packaging each bag of Brownie Bites. We are planning to sell our Brownie Bites for $2.50 per package. How many packages must we sell in order to break even?

Answer 1

Answer:65

Explanation:

Let the total packing cost be
`p`.

Let the total number of packages to be sold to to break be
`n`.

Given that packaging cost for each packet is
`0.35`

So,
`p=0.35n`.

Let the total income be
`pr`

Given that income of one packet is
`2.5`

So,
`pr=2.5n`

In addition,there is a fixed cost for the ingredients.

So,
`2.5n=0.35n+138`

`2.15n=138\\n=64.18`

So,atleast
`65` packets has to be sold inorder to avoid losses.