Question 153937: A newspaper, USA- yesterday, prints the same number of pages every day. Readers like the news and photographs in the paper, but dislike advertising. As a result, as the number of pages devoted to ads increases, the number of readers declines. This relationship is described by the equation R=120-9A, where R is the number of readers (in thousands) and A is the number of pages of advertising. At what level of A does no one buy the newspaper?: A newspaper, USA- yesterday, prints the same number of pages every day. Readers like the news and photographs in the paper, but dislike advertising. As a result, as the number of pages devoted to ads increases, the number of readers declines. This relationship is described by the equation R=120-9A, where R is the number of readers (in thousands) and A is the number of pages of advertising. At what level of A does no one buy the newspaper?
Answer by stanbon(18987)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!This relationship is described by the equation R=120-9A, where R is the number of readers (in thousands) and A is the number of pages of advertising. At what level of A does no one buy the newspaper?
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Ans: When R = 0.
0 = 120-9A
9A = 120
A = 40/3
A = = 13 1/3 pages of advertising
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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