SOLUTION: "It cost a company $1,400 to set up the necessary machinery and then $5 to manufacture bath towels. They sell the towels for $8.50 each. Up to this point the company has lost money
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Question 904827: "It cost a company $1,400 to set up the necessary machinery and then $5 to manufacture bath towels. They sell the towels for $8.50 each. Up to this point the company has lost money on the towels. What is the greatest number of towels they could have sold for this to happen?"
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8.5-5=3.5
mx=b
3.5m=1400
m=1400/3.5
m=400
After 400 towels, the machinery is paid for.
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