SOLUTION: The Gazette's profit is $20 per year for each of its 3,000 subscribers. Management estimates that the profit per subscriber will increase by 1 cent for each additional subscriber

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: The Gazette's profit is $20 per year for each of its 3,000 subscribers. Management estimates that the profit per subscriber will increase by 1 cent
for each additional subscriber over the current 3,000. How many subscribers will bring a total profit of 120,000?
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let s= the number of subscribers over 3000 that will bring
Let P = yearly profit
a profit of $120,000
P= 20*3000 + 20.01s
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given:
P+=+120000
120000+=+60000+%2B+20.01s
20.01s+=+60000
s+=+2998.5
There has to be 2999 new subscribers