In order to break even for a business, the revenue must equal the cost.
A plumbing company installs commercial water heaters. The labor cost for the month is $68940 and the cost per water heater is $1935. If your revenue per water heater is $3467, how many water heaters need to be sold to break even? Let represent the number of water heaters installed for the month.
(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use as your variable.
The equation is
(B) Solve the equation in part (A) to find the number of water heater to be installed to break even for the month.
Answer:
A plumbing company installs commercial water heaters. The labor cost for the month is $68940 and the cost per water heater is $1935. If your revenue per water heater is $3467, how many water heaters need to be sold to break even? Let represent the number of water heaters installed for the month.
(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use as your variable.
The equation is
(B) Solve the equation in part (A) to find the number of water heater to be installed to break even for the month.
Answer:
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