our college newspaper, The Collegiate Investigator, has fixed production costs of $76 per edition and marginal printing and distribution costs of 37¢ per copy. The Collegiate Investigator sells for 47¢ per copy.
(a) Write down the associated cost, revenue, and profit functions (in dollars). HINT [See Examples 1 and 2.]
C(x) =
R(x) =
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

our college newspaper, The Collegiate Investigator, has fixed production costs of $76 per edition and marginal printing and distribution costs of 37¢ per copy. The Collegiate Investigator sells for 47¢ per copy.
(a) Write down the associated cost, revenue, and profit functions (in dollars). HINT [See Examples 1 and 2.]
C(x)	 =	
R(x)	 =	
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

yttrium · Answer

Let.
FC = 76$/edition (fixed cost)
VC = 37$/copy (variable cost)
SP = 47$/copy (selling price)