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?
Responses
75 quiches
75 quiches
45 quiches
45 quiches
12 quiches
12 quiches
20 quiches
The total cost to make each quiche is $30 + $0.50 = $30.50.
To break even, the Spanish Club needs to sell enough quiches to cover the cost of making them.
Let x be the number of quiches they need to sell to break even:
$30.50x = $2x
$28.50x = $30
x = 30 / 28.50
x = 60 quiches
Therefore, the Spanish Club needs to sell 60 quiches to break even.
Correct response: 45 quiches