Question

A small publishing company is planning to publish a new book. The production costs will include one-time fixed costs (such as editing) and variable costs (such as printing). The one-time fixed costs will total $32,585 . The variable costs will be $11.25 per book. The publisher will sell the finished product to bookstores at a price of $23.50 per book. How many books must the publisher produce and sell so that the production costs will equal the money from sales?

Answer 1

The cost as a function of the number of books printed is:

production costs = fixed cost + variable costs

Let the production costs = y
The fixed costs are $32,585

Can you write an expression representing the variable cost in terms of the number of books printed, x? In other words, if each book costs $11.25, what do x books cost?

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

1 books costs $11.25 * 1
2 books cost $11.25 * 2
3 books cost $11.25 * 3
...
x books cost ?

Answer 4

Can you follow the pattern above and figure out what x number of books cost to print?

Answer 5

til what number?

Answer 6

@mathstudent55

Answer 7

Till x

Answer 8

i got it

Answer 9

ty