Clyde rented an ice-cream truck in order to earn money for college in the fall. His truck rental is $200 per week and has a yearly license fee of $52. It costs him $200 for 500 ice-cream bars that he plans to sell for $1.10 each. How many ice-cream bars must Clyde sell each week in order to reach the break-even point?
+33661 Weekly expenditure = $200 + $1 + $200 = $401. (Note, there are 52 weeks in a year)
Number of ice creams to break even = expenditure/selling price = 401/1.1 or 365 to nearest whole number.
+37170 Per YEAR
Costs are 200 (52) + 52 + 200/500 x = 1.10 x where 'x' = number of Ice Cream bars
10452 +2/5x = 1.1x
10452 = .7x
x= 14931.43 Ice Cream bas each YEAR Divide by 52 weeks/yr = 287 Bars each WEEK
