You must buy a domain name (web address) for a one-time fee of $100. You hired a
journalist that you pay $25 for every column they write for the site. You are asking
them for 10 columns a month.
You hired a Photographer that will stalk celebrities for you. You will pay them $30
per photo. You are asking for 20 photos a month. Your site charges a Membership fee
of $25 for the entire year. You rented out ad space on your website that will bring in
$350 a month.
1. Identify your total Costs for the first month. Write an equation to represent
the Costs.
2. Identify your income for the month. Write an equation to represent the
Income.
3. Make two graphs on the same coordinate plane. One graph is the Total
Costs for this month, and one is Income for the month.
4. How many memberships would you have to sell for your company to
break-even for the month?
a) Identify this point on your graph.
b) Algebraically solve for the number of memberships needed to
break-even.