document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=737349>Question 737349</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a company always makes axactly as many units of its product as it sells.Its fixed costs are R15 000.00 per year. in addition,it costs R3.00 to make one unit, and each unit sells for R8.50. At what level of output and sales per year will the company make a profit of R29 000.00 per year. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "each unit sells for R8.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the selling price=8.5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its fixed costs are R15 000.00 per year<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it costs R3.00 to make one unit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the production cost=3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the company make a profit of R29 000.00 per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the profit is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.5x-3x-15000=29000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 5.5x=29000-15000=14000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or x=14000/5.5=2545.45=2546 approxunits<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the company makes 2546 units/year of its product </SPAN>\n" );
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