Question

25 points

4. Jennifer has a lemonade stand. She charges $1.25 for a glass of lemonade. It costs her $0.60 to make each glass of lemonade plus $15 a day for other expenses. Write an equation (do not solve) to determine how many glasses of lemonade, 1, Jennifer needs to sell each day in order to break even?

Answer 1

$1.25x = 0.60x + 15$

Explanation:

To determine how many glasses of lemonade Jennifer needs to sell each day in order to break even, we can set up an equation using the information given in the problem statement. Let's let the number of glasses of lemonade sold be represented by the variable $x$.

We know that Jennifer charges $1.25 for a glass of lemonade, and it costs her $0.60 to make each glass plus $15 a day for other expenses. Therefore, the total cost of making $x$ glasses of lemonade is $0.60x + 15$.

In order for Jennifer to break even, the total amount of money she makes from selling lemonade must equal the total cost of making the lemonade.

Answer 2

1.25l=.60l+15