document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=990685>Question 990685</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For these problems, x will represent the number of items and y will represent the money.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fixed costs for a certain item are $100 per week. The cost to produce each item is $3 per item.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this information, what is the cost equation? Give your answer in slope-intercept form: <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3X+100<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The retailer intends to sell each item for $10/item.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this information, what is the revenue equation? Give your answer in slope-intercept form: <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10X<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If in this week 9 items are made, and all items are sold in the week, what are the total costs to the retailer? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost = $<BR>\n" );
document.write( "127\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the revenue from selling 9 items? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Revenue = $<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, what is the profit for this retailer? (This is the part i can't figure out)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Profit = $  <---- ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "217.00 (Wrong) Why? How?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fixed costs for a certain item are $100 per week. The cost to produce each item is $3 per item.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this information, what is the cost equation? Give your answer in slope-intercept form: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X+100<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Preview   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The retailer intends to sell each item for $10/item.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this information, what is the revenue equation? Give your answer in slope-intercept form: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= <BR>\n" );
document.write( "10X<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Preview   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If in this week 9 items are made, and all items are sold in the week, what are the total costs to the retailer? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost = $<BR>\n" );
document.write( "127\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the revenue from selling 9 items? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Revenue = $<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, what is the profit for this retailer? (This is the part i can't figure out)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Profit = $  <---- ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "217.00 (Wrong) Why? How?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">Profit = Revenue - Cost, not Revenue, plus cost, as you have it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, the retailer incurred a loss of $37 ($90 - 127, or - $37), as the cost ($127) to make <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 9 items was greater than the revenue ($90) derived from the sale of the 9 items. Get it? </SPAN>\n" );
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