A furniture company misprinted a sales ad for a living room set but honors the advertised price. For each customer who purchases the living room set, the company suffers a loss of $125. Write a function to represent the company's total loss. What is the value of the function for an input of 50, and what does it represent?

Question

A furniture company misprinted a sales ad for a living room set but honors the advertised price. For each customer who purchases  the living room set, the company suffers a loss of $125. Write a function to represent the company's total loss. What is the value of the function for an input of 50, and what does it represent?

stormfire1 · Answer

Loss (L) = 125c  where c = the number of customers buying the living room set.

Loss with 50 customers = 125(50) = $6250.