SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem?
A small publishing company is planning to publish a new book. The production costs will include one-time fixed costs (such as editing) an
Question 1148962: Please help me solve this word problem?
A small publishing company is planning to publish a new book. The production costs will include one-time fixed costs (such as editing) and variable costs (such as printing). The one-time fixed costs will total $47,808 . The variable costs will be $11.25 per book. The publisher will sell the finished product to bookstores at a price of $23.25 per book. How many books must the publisher produce and sell so that the production costs will equal the money from sales? Answer by ikleyn(52903) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
47808 + 11.25*n = 23.25n
where "n" is the unknown number of books under the question.
Solve for "n".