document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=239978>Question 239978</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So I need help with a word problem. I am pretty sure that i have to write it in y=mx+b form but I'm having a lot of trouble. I've only gotten as far as solving for slope but thats about it. Here it is. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After being in business for a year, you discover that you are selling more boxes then you expected. you find that this is due to a larger base of customers. You find for the last several months you have consistently sold 325 boxes of markers at $23.50 per box. You continue to assume that if you charge $30 per box that you will sell 0 boxes. Use (23.5, 325) and (30,0) to find the new linear demand function. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since you have two ordered pairs, you need to use the two point form of the equation of a line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y - y_1 = \left(\frac{y_1 - y_2}{x_1 - x_2}\right)(x - x_1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_2,y_2\right)\"> are your two given points, namely <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(23.5,325\right)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(30,0\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make the indicated substitutions and then do the arithmetic.  In order to express this as a function, you need to put your result into slope-intercept form, namely <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\ =\ mx\ +\ b\"> by solving for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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