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document.write( " that the profit P for selling x handbags is given by P = 54x - x^2 - 9,  How many handbags must be sold to give a profit  of $720? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "by P = 54x - x^2 - 9, How many handbags must be sold to give <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a profit of $720?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "54x - x^2 - 9 = 720<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 54x + 729 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factor::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-27)^2 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 27<BR>\n" );
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