document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=333128>Question 333128</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An artist sells earrings from a booth at a fair. Rent for the booth is $250. The artist makes $6 from each pair of earrings sold. The profit in dollars, P, can be found by using the equation P=6n-250. How many pairs of earrings must the artist sell to earn a profit of $500? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large P\"> is your profit AND <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large P\ =\ 6n\ -\ 250\"> AND you want the profit to be $500, then solve\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6n\ -\ 250 =\ 500\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It isn't a consideration for this particular problem, but if you ever do one of these where you end up with a fractional answer, round UP.  If you round down you will just miss your desired profit amount, but if you round up you will have enough and a little more.  For example, consider the same problem except that you are selling the items for $7 each.  Try it for yourself.\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" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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