Leah is running a bake sale for her crew team she pay $45 for supplies to get started in addition it cost about $0.50 to make each item if baked good items sell for $2 each determine how many items Leah and her team will need to sell in order to break even

Answer: 30 items

Explanation:

1) Break even ⇒ Profit = 0 or Cost = Revenue.

2) Cost = fixed cost + variable cost

fixed cost = supplies = $ 45 variable cost = making cost = $0,50x, where x is the number of items cost function = 45 + 0.5x

3) Revenue = price * number of items

price = $ 2 revenue = 2x

4) Equation

cost = revenue 45 + 0.5x = 2x Solve for x:

2x - 0.5x = 45

1.5x = 45

x = 45 / 1.5

x = 30 ← answer