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document.write( "A manufacturing company makes ladies purses receiving $120 for each purse sold.  If x represents the number of purses made, the income received is determined by the revenue function R(x) = 120x.  The company has a fixed cost of $12,000 per month and variable costs of $57.50 for each purse made.  The cost function is C(x) = 57.5x + 12000.  How many purses must the company sell for revenue to equal cost? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "120x = 57.5x + 12000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "62.5x = 12000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 192 purses </SPAN>\n" );
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