Akeem wants to have a lemonade stand at the community fair. It costs him $2 to make each cup of lemonade plus a $40 renter's fee for the stand. He sells the lemonade for $6 per cup. How many cups does Akeem have to sell to break even? (1 point)

_ cups
(It’s not 7 cups)

1 answer

Akeem needs to calculate the total costs to break even. The cost per cup of lemonade is $2 and the renter's fee for the stand is $40. So the total cost is $2 + $40 = $42.

To break even, Akeem needs to earn back the $42 in costs. Each cup of lemonade is sold for $6. Therefore, the number of cups Akeem needs to sell is $42 / $6 = <<42/6=7>>7 cups.

So, Akeem needs to sell 7 cups of lemonade to break even.