Question

The table shows the annual profits (in thousands of dollars) of a county fair from 2013 to 2016. What must the 2017 profit be (in hundreds of dollars) to break even over the five-year period?

Answer 1

8 hundred dollars

Explanation:

The break even value means zero profit or loss over the five years period. So if 2017 profit is x, then we get:

• 2.5 + 1.4 - 3.3 - 1.4 + x = 0
• x - 0.8 = 0
• x = 0.8 thousands of dollars
• x= 800 dollars