SOLUTION: Hey small publishing company is planning to publish a new book. The production costs will include one time fix cost (such as editing) and variable costs (such as printing). One tim

Question 1047196: Hey small publishing company is planning to publish a new book. The production costs will include one time fix cost (such as editing) and variable costs (such as printing). One time fixed cost total $15,210. The variable cost will be $11 per book. The publisher will sell the finished product to bookstores at a price of $18.50 per book. How many books must the publisher produce and sell so that the production cost will equal the money from sales?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = production costs
Let = income from sales of books
Let = number of books sold
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(1)
(2)
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Set

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The publisher must sell 2028 books so
that cost = money from sales

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