The Lakewood baseball team is selling T-shirts for a fundraiser. The shirts cost $100 for the printing design and set up, plus $10 per shirt. The team is going to sell the shirts for $15 each. How many shirts do they need to sell to break even.

Answer 1

To break even, the total revenue from selling shirts must equal the total cost of $100 for the printing design and set up, plus $10 per shirt.

Let x be the number of shirts sold.

Total cost = $100 + $10x
Total revenue = $15x

To break even, Total cost = Total revenue

$100 + $10x = $15x

$100 = $15x - $10x
$100 = $5x
x = 20

The team needs to sell 20 shirts to break even.