SOLUTION: Jane wants to publish and sell and 80-page book she wrote. She uses a self-publishing service. The price for her book is set up this way: The binding fee is $4.53 per book. The p

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Question 662055: Jane wants to publish and sell and 80-page book she wrote. She uses a self-publishing service. The price for her book is set up this way:
The binding fee is $4.53 per book.
The printing cost is $0.02 per page.
Jane can set her commission to be any amount she wants.
The bookstore's commission is 1/5 of Jane's commission.
All four items above are added to come up with the final price.
a. Write an equation for the final price (p) of the book in terms of the commission (c).

Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p = 4.53 + .02(80) + c + 1/5c
p = 4.53 + 1.60 + c + 1/5c
p = 6.13 + 1 1/5c

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