Homework Help: math

Posted by Jane on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 5:51pm.

Finding a break-even point: How do I set up the equation and solve?

Producing a musical costs $88,000 plus $59,000 per performance. One sold-out performance earns $7500 in revenue. If every performance sells out, how many performances are needed to break even?

math - Steve, Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:44pm
Good luck. You only get 7500 per performance, while each one costs 88,000?

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Now, if you meant 75,000 revenue per performance, then we want where cost = revenue. For n performances, that would be

88000 + 59000n = 75000n
88000 = 16000n
n = 89/16 = 5.56
so, you'd need 6 sellouts to break even.

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