Question
Ginger is selling soaps at a craft fair. It costs her
$33.25 to rent the booth at a craft fair plus $.75 to make
each soap. She sells the soaps for $2.50 each. After how
many soaps will Ginger's sales be the same as the cost to
rent the booth and make the soaps?
Make an equation with variables on both sides.
$33.25 to rent the booth at a craft fair plus $.75 to make
each soap. She sells the soaps for $2.50 each. After how
many soaps will Ginger's sales be the same as the cost to
rent the booth and make the soaps?
Make an equation with variables on both sides.
Answers
GPT 3.5
Let x be the number of soaps Ginger sells.
The cost to rent the booth and make the soaps is 33.25 + 0.75x.
The revenue from selling the soaps is 2.50x.
Ginger's sales will be the same as the cost to rent the booth and make the soaps when 2.50x = 33.25 + 0.75x.
Subtracting 0.75x from both sides, we get 1.75x = 33.25.
Dividing both sides by 1.75, we get x = 19.
Therefore, after selling 19 soaps, Ginger's sales will be the same as the cost to rent the booth and make the soaps.
The cost to rent the booth and make the soaps is 33.25 + 0.75x.
The revenue from selling the soaps is 2.50x.
Ginger's sales will be the same as the cost to rent the booth and make the soaps when 2.50x = 33.25 + 0.75x.
Subtracting 0.75x from both sides, we get 1.75x = 33.25.
Dividing both sides by 1.75, we get x = 19.
Therefore, after selling 19 soaps, Ginger's sales will be the same as the cost to rent the booth and make the soaps.