Question

Part E
The baseball team will break even when the amount of money it has received equals the amount of money it spent. In other words, the team
breaks even when the profit is equal to zero. How many cars does the baseball team have to wash to break even? What point represents this
value? What does the x-value of this point mean in terms of the problem?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let y represent the amount of money earned, and x the number of cars they wash. Then

y = 5x

Why? Each car wash costs $5. So no car washes means no earnings; 1 car wash earns $5; 2 washes earn $10; 3 washes earn $15, and so on, so that x car washes generate $5x.

2. No matter how many cars they end up washing, they will have spent $75 to set up the operation, so you subtract 75 from the equation is part (1).

3. Taking into account the setup cost of $75, the profit they make is given by

y = 5x - 75