General accounting Maria Gonzalez plans to set up a photo booth at thecounty fair during the summer. Maria will take andprint one photo for each customer for a price of $7.Maria estimates that her variable costs will total $2 perphoto and that her fixed costs will total $1,250 for theentire fair.Required:a. Express Maria's profit before taxes in terms of thenumber of photos sold.b. How many photos does Maria need to sell to breakeven?c. How many photos must Maria sell to earn a profit of$950?

Step 1: Definition of Profit Before TaxesProfit before taxes represents the earnings generated from…

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CONCEPTS IN FED.TAX.,2020-W/ACCESS

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