Question

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)

A. 20 quiches

B. 45 quiches

C. 12 quiches

D. 75 quiches

Answer 1

To break even, the Spanish Club needs to cover their costs, which include the $30 for the culinary department and $0.50 per quiche for ingredients.

Let's assume they need to sell x number of quiches to break even:

Cost of making the quiches = $30 + ($0.50 * x)

Revenue from selling the quiches = $2 * x

Setting these two equations equal to each other:

$30 + ($0.50 * x) = $2 * x

$30 = $2 * x - $0.50 * x

$30 = $1.50 * x

Dividing both sides by $1.50:

x = $30 / $1.50

x = 20

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

Answer: A. 20 quiches