Midtown Delivery Service delivers packages which cost $1.90 per package to deliver. The fixed cost to run the delivery truck is $64 per day. If the company charges $5.90 per package, how many packages must be delivered daily to reach the equilibrium point?

Question

directrix · Answer

Let P represent the minimum number of packages that must be delivered to pay the delivery service costs (before profit)

The Delivery Service has expenses of $1.90 per package delivered and a fixed rate of $64 for the delivery truck.

So,

1.90 * P + 64 = 5.90*P

Solve the equation for P. 

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