Pete recently bought whiteboard supplies for employees in his office. He spent $140 on whiteboards, markers, and erasers. The markers came in packs of 5, which cost $6 per pack. One (1) eraser was 1/3 of the cost of 1 pack of markers and 1 whiteboard was 5 times the cost of 1 eraser. If Pete purchased 56 items in total, including 35 markers, then how many whiteboards did he buy?

Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore.  She pays kids $2 a bag for the shells they collect and she sells them for $5 a bag.  The bags are 25 cents per piece.  She has a stand on the boardwalk that costs her $35 a day and she needs to pay Rehoboth City 5% of sales.  She has to get a new sign everyday for $15.  Her brother mans the stand from 10 am to 1 pm for a $10 STEAM gift card and her sister takes over at 1 pm for $5 per hour.  They close the stand at 9 pm.  How many bags of seashells does Sally need to sell to breakeven?

Julianna Abdallah owns and operates FirstCakes, a bakery that creates personalized birthday cakes for a child's first birthday. The cakes, which sell for $40 and feature an edible picture of the child, are shipped throughout the country. A typical month's results are as follows: Sales revenue $840,000 Variable expenses 630,000 Contribution margin 210,000 Fixed expenses 112,000 Operating income $   98,000   a.What is FirstCakes' contribution margin per unit? b.What is FirstCakes' monthly breakeven point in units? c.What is FirstCakes' contribution margin ratio? d.What is FirstCakes' monthly breakeven point in sales dollars?

Mike purchases a bicycle costing $176.90. State taxes are 5% and local sales taxes are 3% the store charges $20 for assembly. What is the total purchase price in money