Question

4. We are going to sell Brownie Bites to make money for a fieldtrip. The Brownie Bites ingredients cost $138. It also costs $0.35 for packaging each bag of Brownie Bites. We are planning to sell our Brownie Bites for $2.50 per package. How many packages must we sell in order to break even?

Answer 1

Answer:65

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total packing cost be $p$.

Let the total number of packages to be sold to to break be $n$.

Given that packaging cost for each packet is $0.35$

So,$p=0.35n$.

Let the total income be $pr$

Given that income of one packet is $2.5$

So,$pr=2.5n$

In addition,there is a fixed cost for the ingredients.

So,$2.5n=0.35n+138$

$2.15n=138\\n=64.18$

So,atleast $65$ packets has to be sold inorder to avoid losses.