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The Naturally Made Bath and Body store pays $550 a month for rent and utilities. The average cost for its products to be manufactured is about $3.00 an item. If the average price for a product sold in the store is $5.50, what will the break-even point be? Let x represent the number of products sold. The break-even point occurs when the cost function equals the revenue function. 550 + 3.00x = 5.50x Naturally Made needs to sell products to break even. The cost or revenue when it sells the break-even number of products will be $

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you need 220 products
User Bin Chen
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Answer:

220 products need to be sold to break it even.

Explanation:

550 + 3.00x = 5.50x

550 = 2.50x

220 = x

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