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Mrs. Ramiriz is making pies to sell at the local farmer’s market. It costs her $5 to make each pie, plus a one-time cost of $30 for baking supplies. She plans to sell the pies for $12 each. Which equation can be used to find the number of pies she needs to sell to break even?

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We can represent the number of pies she makes to be x.

We also need to add $30 to the equation to take the baking supply cost into consideration.

The Cost can be represented by C.

C = 5x + 30 is the equation to use to determine the Cost! 5 times the number of pies she makes plus the $30 for baking supplies!

If we look at just the cost when she doesn't sell any pies, we can say x = 0

That means C = 5(0) + 30 or C = 30, it means that she has to pay $30 or the Cost is $30 when she sells no pies.

This makes sense since the baking supplies were $30.

Are you with me so far?

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