Burnem Inc. manufactures thumb drives and sells them to a distributor. Burnem's total cost and total revenue (in dollars) for x
thumb drives are given by the following equations. Total cost = 4x + 4884 and Total revenue = 15x How many thumb drives must Burnem sell to break even?
Break even is the point at which the proceeds are equal to the costs i.e. when Total cost = Total revenue. So using the equations provided, the breakeven point for Burnem Inc. will be 4x + 4884 = 15x, where x is number of thumb drives. We solve for x to get the answer:
