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Question 356731: can you please help me solve this problem? A telephone company finds that there is a net profit of $15 per instrument if it has 1000 subscribers, the net profits per instrument decrease one centavo for each subscriber above that number. Find the number of subscribers which yields a total net profit of $15000.

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A telephone company finds that there is a net profit of $15 per instrument
if it has 1000 subscribers, the net profits per instrument decrease one
centavo for each subscriber above that number.
Find the number of subscribers which yields a total net profit of $15000.
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But that is it! 15 * 1000 = $15000