You are a budding entrepreneur and begin a typing service. You buy a personal computer for $1750 on which to do your typing. You charge $5.50 per page for typing. Expenses are $.50 per page for ink, paper, electricity, and other expenses. How many pages must you type to break even?

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Jacey Evans

Mathematics

27 October, 23:04

You are a budding entrepreneur and begin a typing service. You buy a personal computer for $1750 on which to do your typing. You charge $5.50 per page for typing. Expenses are $.50 per page for ink, paper, electricity, and other expenses. How many pages must you type to break even?

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Stella Wu · Answer 1

5.50 (charge per page) +.50 (expenses) = 6.00 (total cost for a page)

1750 (cost of computer) divided by 6.00 (total cost for a page) = approx 292 pages to get even