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document.write( "An-Mei owns a business making and selling jackets. She has a fixed cost of $1430. It costs $63 to produce each jacket. The selling price is $76 per jacket. Determine the number of jackets that must be made and sold in order to break even.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " It costs $63 to produce each jacket. The selling price is $76 per jacket.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Determine the number of jackets that must be made and sold in order to break even.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have two equations, let x = no. of jackets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 63x + 1430<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Revenue<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = 76x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Break even occurs when R = C, therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "76x = 63x + 1430<BR>\n" );
document.write( "76x - 63x = 1430<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13x = 1430<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1430%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1430%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 110 jacket have to be produced to break even<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Prove this to yourself<BR>\n" );
document.write( "76(110) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "63(110) + 1430 =<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That was pretty easy, wasn't it? </SPAN>\n" );
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