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
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.