The Spanish Club at Santa Fe Middle School wants to sell mini quiches to raise money for a field trip. The culinary department at their school will make the quiches for $30 plus $0.50 per quiche for the ingredients. The Spanish Club wants to sell each quiche for $2. How many quiches will they need to sell in order to break even?(1 point)
Responses
12 quiches
12 quiches
45 quiches
45 quiches
20 quiches
20 quiches
75 quiches
20 quiches
Explanation:
Total cost = $30 + ($0.50 * x), where x is the number of quiches
Total revenue = $2 * x
To break even, total cost must equal total revenue:
30 + 0.50x = 2x
30 = 1.50x
x = 20
Therefore, they need to sell 20 quiches to break even.