The parent-teacher organization is selling baskets of cookies for a school fundraiser. the materials needed to make each basket cost $3.75 and the baskets are being sold for $10 each. if they spend $75 to advertise their sale, how many baskets must be sold to break even?

Americans often speak of their country as one of several large regions.  these regions are cultural units rather than governmental units --  formed by history and geography and shaped by the economics, literature and folkways that all the parts of a region share. what makes one region different from another? a region's multicultural heritage as well as distinct demographic characteristics like age and occupation make regions different and special. within several regions, language is used differently and there are strong dialects. there are also differences in outlook and attitude based on geography.