Solve Problems Using Systems of Linear Equations
-You invested $\$ 28,800$ and started a business selling vases. Supplies cost $\$ 18$ per vase and you are selling each vase for $\$ 34$. Determine the number of vases, $x$, that must be produced and sold to break even.
A) 1800 units
B) 1801 units
C) 1802 units
D) 577 units

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To break even, the total revenue must equal the total cost. The cost is $18x + 28800$ and the revenue is $34x$. Setting them equal gives $34x = 18x + 28800$. Solving for $x$, we get $16x = 28800$, so $x = 1800$.

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Solve Problems Using Systems of Linear Equations
-You Invested $\$ 28,800$