Alocal band, the desert rats, is planning to make a compact disk. it will cost $12,500 to record and produce a master copy, and an additional $3.00 to make each sale copy. if they plan to sell the final product for $8.00, how many disks must they sell to break even?

2500 copies is the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The cost to record and produce a master copy = $12500

Additional $3.00 to make each sale copy. The band is planning to sell the final product for $8.00. This gives markup price as =

Now, at five dollars markup cost for per disk, The total number of disks they need to sell are :

Therefore, the band needs to sell 2500 copies to break even or recoup their production costs.