Question

Two teams need to raise $100 each for their end-of-the-year field trips. Team A wants to sell

popcorn at the Spring Fling Carnival, and Team B wants to sell cotton candy. It costs $15 to rent
a popcorn machine and it costs $25 to rent a cotton candy maker. The cost of additional
supplies for the popcorn is $0.05 per bag. The additional cost for the cotton candy is $0.10 per
stick. Team A will sell the bags of popcorn for $0.50 each. Team B will sell the cotton candy for
$0.75 per stick


question:

5: What is the least number of items Team A will need to sell to avoid losing money? pls explain!!!

Answer 1

approximately 256 popcorn bags

Explanation:

the cost of popcorn machine is $15. So we should add it to 100$

Then it is 115$. This is the amount that team A need

The cost of additional supplies for the popcorn is $0.05 per bag & team A will sell the bags of popcorn for $0.50 each. then the profit that the team A can gain by selling a bag is,

`0.50 - 0.05 = 0.45`

Then,

`(115)/(0.45) = 255.55`