Question

The Mathalot Company makes and sells textbooks. They have one linear function that represents the cost of producing textbooks and another linear function that models how much income they get from those textbooks. Describe the key features that would determine if these linear functions ever intercepted.

Answer 1

The key factor is the difference between the two equations will result in either (profit) or (loss) or (neither profit nor loss)

The two equations can be intercepted based on the following factors
1. Whether the cost & Income are on each item
2. Or for whole quantity

If the cost & income equations are on whole quantity then

Total profit/loss = Income - Cost of producing

If the cost & income equations are on each item then

Total profit/loss = number of items * (Income on each text book - Cost of producing each text book)

If the cost price equation is on each item & income equation is for whole quantity then

Total profit/loss = Income on each text book - number of items * (Cost of producing each text book)

If the cost price equation is for whole quantity & income equation is on each item then

Total profit/loss = number of items * (Income on each text book) - Cost of producing each text book

Answer 2

thank you for googling the answer anyone could have done that. so thank you.

Answer 3

Maybe next time you will use google first *slowly claps*