As a Community Service, the Local YWCA Runs Saturday Afternoon

question 170

Multiple Choice

As a community service, the local YWCA runs Saturday afternoon movies for children, charging 50 cents admission per child. The fixed costs are $100 per weekend for film rental and cleanup. The YWCA also sells candy, drinks, and popcorn with a variable cost ratio (variable costs divided by selling price) of 0.50. The average child buys $2.00 of junk food. What is the breakeven number of children?

• A)47 children
• B)52.3 children
• C)66.7 children
• D)73.5 children

---

Definitions:

Mental Processes

The internal cognitive operations that enable consciousness, thinking, reasoning, perception, and emotion, underpinning human behavior and interactions.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A mental health condition where a person experiences two or more distinct and relatively enduring personality states.

Trauma

Emotional and psychological response to an extremely negative event or series of events that can have long-lasting harmful effects on an individual’s mental health.

Dissociative Disorders

Mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity.