document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=93199>Question 93199</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help solve this word problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x)=2.25x-7,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.)What is profit if 2,000 units are sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.)What is profit if 5,000 units are sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.)What is the break even points for sale?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a.)What is profit if 2,000 units are sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substituting 2000 for x in the given equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x) = 2.25(2000) - 7000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x) = 4500 - 7000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x) = -2500; not a profit at all, lost $2500<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.)What is profit if 5,000 units are sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x) = 2.25(5000) - 7000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x) = 11250 - 7000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x) = $4250 profit<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.)What is the break even points for sale?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Break-even point is when profit (or loss) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.25x - 7000 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.25x = +7000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7000/2.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3111 units is about the break-even point<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not that hard to understand, was it? </SPAN>\n" );
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