A university is planning a seminar. it costs $3000 to reserve a room, hire an instructor, and bring in the equipment. assume it costs $25 per student for the administrators to provide the course materials. if we know that 20 people will attend, what price should be charged per person to break even?

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Regina Lopez

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6 October, 07:43

A university is planning a seminar. it costs $3000 to reserve a room, hire an instructor, and bring in the equipment. assume it costs $25 per student for the administrators to provide the course materials. if we know that 20 people will attend, what price should be charged per person to break even?

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Jair Mcgee · Answer 1

The total cost of the event will be a fixed cost of $3000 plus a variable cost of $25/student times 20 students = $500. Thus the entire cost of the event is $3500. If the university wishes to break even with an attendance figure of 20 students, then the price per person will need to be $3500/20 = $175 per person.

Layla Mullen · Answer 2

The answer is "$175".

cost to reserve a room, hire an instructor, and bring in the equipment = $3000

costs per student for the administrators to provide the course materials = $25

people who will attend = 20

first calculate the total cost = $3000 + ($25 x 20)

=$3000 + $500 = $3500

Now divide this by number of people attending = $3500/20 = $175