Application - refer to the attached worksheet to help guide you Imagine you are starting a business that sells cell phone covers with the aim of donating money to a
local charity. Your start-up costs for the business are $1300 and each cell phone cover costs $30 to
manufacture. You sell the cell phones for $60 each.
1. Explain why the equations y=60x and y= 30x + 1300 represent the income and cost.
2. Solve the system by substitution to find how many covers you must sell in order to break even.
3. Find how much income you will make at the break-even point.
4. When you will start to make a profit? Explain, discuss the degree of accuracy of your solution
and describe whether or not the answer makes in the context of the problem.
5. What charity or cause would you like to support with your business.