Answer:
300 copies of the newsletter must be sold to break even.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let there are k newspapers sold to break even.
Cost price of each paper = $1.50
So, the cost price of k newspapers = k times $1.50 = 1.50 k
Printers fee = $450
Now, total cost of printing k papers = Printing Fee + Cost price of k papers
= $450 + $ 1.50k = 450 + 1.50k
Selling price of each paper = $3
SO, the cost price of k newspapers = k times $3 = 3 k
Now, to break even TOTAL COST = TOTAL SELLING PRICE
or, 450 + 1.50k = 3k
or, 450 = 3k - 1.50k
⇒ 1.5 k = 450
or, k = 450 /1.5 = 300
⇒ k = 300
Hence, 300 copies of the newsletter must be sold to break even.