Ahmed wants to earn some extra pocket money while on his summerbreak, which is 5 weeks long. He plans to work for three days aweek and enjoy his vacation the rest of the week. He has identifiedthat car cleaning is a good business in his locality. He buys atrolley for $500 to carry water, detergent, brushes, towels, andother items, and he spends about $2 per car on these items.
a. If Ahmed charges $10 to clean one car, how many cars would heneed to clean to breakeven?
b. If Ahmed cleans about 10 cars per day, how much money does heexpect to make?
c. Another possibility for Ahmed is to clean the open parkinglots (areas, not cars). To do this, he need to hire a truck for$1,500 and hire a driver on an hourly basis, which, including gas,would cost him about $25 per parking lot. Ahmed estimates that thetruck helps him complete four parking lots per day. If he charges$125 per parking lot, would this be a better alternative thancleaning cars?
