Compute the break-even point for the dinner-dance


Task: The Hartford Symphony Guild is planning its annual dinner-dance. The dinner-dance committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event:

  Dinner (per person)

$7  

  Favors and program (per person)

$4  

  Band

$1,898  

  Rental of ballroom

$899  

  Professional entertainment during intermission

$5,994  

  Tickets and advertising

$1,199  


The committee members would like to charge $38 per person for the evening's activities.
 
Requirement 1: Compute the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend).

Requirement 2: Assume that last year only 220 persons attended the dinner-dance. If the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Requirement 3: Offline: Prepare a CVP graph for the dinner-dance from zero tickets up to 590 tickets sold.

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