document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=724480>Question 724480</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A company's costs, in millions of dollars, are given by the equation, C=x^2-3x-27, where x is the number of items sold, in thousands. What are the costs when 1,000 items are sold? and 1,500 items are sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried substituting 1,000 and 1,500 in the given equation but I was told that was wrong!!! HELP!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #443765 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3758)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><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=443765\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have to read carefully. The problem states \"where x is the number of items sold, in thousands\". So you have to convert 1000 and 1500 into a number of 1000's. For 1000 you use x = 1 and for 1500 you use x = 1.5. </SPAN>\n" );
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