SOLUTION: 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 on

Question 1133762: 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 39060
. The variable costs will be
9.50 per book. The publisher will sell the finished product to bookstores at a price of 18.25
per book. How many books must the publisher produce and sell so that the production costs will equal the money from sales?

Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of books to be printed be x:
39060 + 9.5x = 18.25x
39060 = 8.75x
x = 39060/8.75 Divide to get your answer, use your calculator
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