Your college newspaper, The Collegiate Investigator, has fixed production costs of $68 per edition and marginal printing and distribution costs of 42¢/copy. The Collegiate Investigator sells for 52¢/copy.
(a) Write down the associated cost function C(x) in dollars. HINT [See Examples 1 and 2.]
C(x) =

Write down the revenue function R(x) in dollars.
R(x) =

Write down the profit function P(x) in dollars.
P(x) =

(b) What profit (or loss) results from the sale of 500 copies of The Collegiate Investigator?
$

(c) How many copies should be sold in order to break even?
copies

Question

Your college newspaper, The Collegiate Investigator, has fixed production costs of $68 per edition and marginal printing and distribution costs of 42¢/copy. The Collegiate Investigator sells for 52¢/copy.
(a) Write down the associated cost function C(x) in dollars. HINT [See Examples 1 and 2.]
C(x) =	

Write down the revenue function R(x) in dollars.
R(x) =	

Write down the profit function P(x) in dollars.
P(x) =	

(b) What profit (or loss) results from the sale of 500 copies of The Collegiate Investigator?
$   

(c) How many copies should be sold in order to break even?
  copies

anonymous · Answer

C(x) = 68 +.42x

anonymous · Answer

does that help?

anonymous · Answer

It really dose, can you also help me solve the other problems?

anonymous · Answer

R(x)   ... how much does the paper make for every copy (x)  that it sells?

anonymous · Answer

R is revenue.  money made...

anonymous · Answer

68 dollars is the fixed cost...  it's not money the paper makes.  It's money the paper pays.  That's why we put it in Cost.