Question

Suppose a club publishes a newsletter. Expenses are$.50 for printing and mailing each copy, plus$300 total for research and writting. The price of the newsletter is $2.00 per copy. How many copies of the newsletter must the club sell to break even?

Answer 1

So a dollar is 100¢ so 100x2=200 so

300
200
+ 50
———
550







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Answer 2

200 copies must be sold

n= number od newsletters

0,50*n+300=2,00*n

300=1,5*n

Divide both sides by 1,5

200=n

0,50*200+300=2*200

100+300=400

400=400