Question

A business owner pays $1,200 per month in rent and a total of $120 per hour in employee salary for each hour the store is open. On average, the store brings in $200 in net sales per hour.

Which equation can be solved to determine the break-even point if x represents the number of hours per month the store is open?

Answer 1

Answer: A C(x)=1,200+120x R(x)=200x

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Answer 2

1200 +120x = 200x

Step-by-step explanation:

No answer choices are offered here, so we'll write an equation that could be solved to find the break-even point.

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The break-even point is the point where revenue is equal to cost.

Here, we're told that there are fixed costs of $1200 per month and salary costs of $120 per hour the store is open. If the store is open x hours per month, the cost per month will be ...

$1200 + $120·x

Revenue is reported to average $200 per hour the store is open. If the store is open x hours per month, the revenue will be ...

$200·x

Since we know ...

cost = revenue at the break-even point

we can write the equation ...

cost = revenue

1200 +120x = 200x