Question 1174764: A publisher for a promising new novel figures fixed costs (overhead, advances, promotion, copy editing, typesetting, and so on) at $52,000, and variable costs (printing, paper, binding, shipping) at $2.80 for each book produced. If the book is sold to distributors for $16 each, how many must be produced and sold for the publisher to break even?
The publisher must produce and sell____ books to break even.
Answer by ikleyn(52775)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Your equation to solve is
52000 + 2.80x = 16x,
where x is the unknown under the problem's question.
You are instructed --- hence, you can complete the solution on your own.
Happy calculations (!)
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