Rover's Friends provides dog-washing services. For each dog, supplies cost $3 and wages are $5. To provide this service, a special room and equipment are needed, at a cost of $300 per month. Rover's Friends maintains an average of 30 dogs washed each month. What must Rover's friends charge as a price for the dog-washing service to break even?

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Rover's Friends provides dog-washing services. For each dog, supplies cost $3 and wages
are $5. To provide this service, a special room and equipment are needed, at a cost of
$300 per month. Rover's Friends maintains an average of 30 dogs washed each month.
3.
What must Rover's friends charge as a price for the dog-washing service to break even?
Transcribed Image Text:Rover's Friends provides dog-washing services. For each dog, supplies cost $3 and wages are $5. To provide this service, a special room and equipment are needed, at a cost of $300 per month. Rover's Friends maintains an average of 30 dogs washed each month. 3. What must Rover's friends charge as a price for the dog-washing service to break even?
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