Question

A local band, The Desert Rats, is planning to make a compact disk. It will cost $12,500 to record and produce a master copy, and an additional $3.00 to make each sale copy. If they plan to sell the final product for $8.00, how many disks must they sell to break even?

Answer 1

The answer i have is 12,500 + 3X = 8X Solve: 12,500 = 5X X = 12,500/5 X 2,500 copies hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Answer:

2500 copies is the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The cost to record and produce a master copy = $12500

Additional $3.00 to make each sale copy. The band is planning to sell the final product for $8.00. This gives markup price as =$8-3= 5$

Now, at five dollars markup cost for per disk, The total number of disks they need to sell are :

$\frac{12500}{5} =2500$

Therefore, the band needs to sell 2500 copies to break even or recoup their production costs.