document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198306>Question 198306</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can somebody help me please? The problem states that a company had sales of $500,000 in 1996 and sales of $720,000 in 1998. Use the midpoint formula to find the company's sales in 1997. I will appreciate if you can help me. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #148776 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=148776\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simply average the years to get: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281996%2B1998%29%2F2=3994%2F2=1997 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281996%2B1998%29%2F2=3994%2F2=1997\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So the midpoint in between 1996 and 1998 is 1997 (which is expected)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we averaged the years, we need to average the sales figures: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28500000%2B720000%29%2F2=1220000%2F2=610000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28500000%2B720000%29%2F2=1220000%2F2=610000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the company's sales in 1997 was $610,000. </SPAN>\n" );
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