The Spanish club at Santa Fe Middle School want to sell mini straws to raise money for a field trip. The culinary department at their school will make the straws for $30 plus. $0.50 per straw for the ingredients. The Spanish club wants to sell each straw for $2. How many straws will they need to sell in order to break even? 12 straws, 45 straws, 20 straws or 75 straws

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To break even, the Spanish club needs to cover the costs of $30 for making the straws plus the cost of ingredients, which is $0.50 per straw. Let's call the number of straws they need to sell as "x".

The total cost for making the straws is $30 + $0.50x.

To break even, this cost needs to be equal to the amount they will earn from selling the straws.

The amount they will earn from selling x straws is $2x.

Setting up the equation, we have:

$30 + $0.50x = $2x

Subtracting $0.50x from both sides:

$30 = $1.50x

Dividing both sides by $1.50:

20 = x

Therefore, they will need to sell 20 straws in order to break even.