Question

Terry and Ed start a lawn mowing business and purchase the mowers and equipment for $1,300. They charge $15 for each lawn and use $2 worth of gas for each job. How many lawns must Terry and Ed mow before breaking even?

a. 10 lawns b. 50 lawns c. 100 lawns*** d. 1,000 lawns

Answer 1

Given that Terry and Ed started a lawn mowing business and purchased the the mowers and equipment for $1,300 which charged $15 for each lawn and use $2 worth of gas, the number of lawns that Terry and Ed must mow in order to break even would be 100 lawns. The answer would be option C. Hope this answer helps.