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

75 quiches
75 quiches

20 quiches
20 quiches

45 quiches
45 quiches

12 quiches

1 answer

To break even, the Spanish Club needs to cover the cost of making the quiches, which is $30 plus $0.50 per quiche.

Let's call the number of quiches they need to sell X.

The cost of making the quiches is $30 + $0.50*X.
The revenue they will make from selling the quiches is $2*X.

To break even, these two values must be equal, so:

$30 + $0.50*X = $2*X

Subtracting $0.50*X from both sides:

$30 = $1.50*X

Dividing both sides by $1.50:

20 = X

Therefore, the Spanish Club will need to sell 20 quiches in order to break even.