document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=907760>Question 907760</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> John is starting a roofing business. He will need to buy a truck and some supplies to get his business started. The truck cost $13000 used. He gets 3 jobs right away and hires 2 workers to help him. The materials for all 3 jobs cost $3000. The jobs will each take a week not including Saturday and Sunday. And he pays his workers $125 per day per worker. How much will he have to charge for each job in order to break even at the end of the third job? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "material for all 3 jobs = 3000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "each job takes 5 days for a total of 15 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "workers get paid 125 dollars a day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "each worker gets 125 a day.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "each job requires 5 days so he pays each worker 625 per job.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "he has them work on 3 jobs, so he pays each worker 1875 for all 3 jobs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "he has 2 workers so he pays out 3750 in total to the workers for all 3 jobs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "his total cost is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$13,000 for the truck<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3,000 for the material<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3,750 for the workers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total cost for the 3 jobs is $19,750.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide that by 3 jobs and you get that he has to charge $6,583.33 for each job.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He'll be off by a penny.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*6583.33 = $19,749.99\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If he wants to make it down to the last penny, then he needs to charge $6,583.34 for one of the jobs and $6,583.33 for the other two jobs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then he'll be right on.\r<BR>\n" );
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