SOLUTION: Business and finance. The revenue for a sandwich shop is directly proportional to its advertising budget. When the owner spent $2000 a month on advertising, the revenue was $120,

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Question 52408: Business and finance. The revenue for a sandwich shop is directly proportional
to its advertising budget. When the owner spent $2000 a month on advertising, the
revenue was $120,000. If the revenue is now $180,000, how much is the owner
spending on advertising?

Answer by ChillyWiz(11)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Directly Proportional means that
WHEN revenue for sandwich shop rises,advertising buget ALSO rises
Let S = sandwich shop revenue
Let B = advertising budget
Relationship of S and B are directly proportional.. think
so , where k is a constant number that NEVER changes
For the first time, $2,000 on advertising budget nets us $120,000
->
Then if the revenue is now $180,000
Solving for B gives us ->


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