document.write( "Question 1081265: A publisher for a promising new novel figures fixed costs (overhead, advances, promotion, copy editing, typesetting, and so on) at $60,000, and variable costs (printing, paper, binding, shipping) at $1.10 for each book produced. If the book is sold to distributors for $15 each, how many must be produced and sold for the publisher to break even? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let n be the amount of books. Then:
\n" ); document.write( "(15-1.10)n=60000
\n" ); document.write( "n=4316.5467 books must be produced and sold to break even. ☺☺☺☺ \n" ); document.write( "

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