Question

Tony wants to start making and selling skateboards. His costs are the large sum of money that includes his initial investment and the cost of materials for each skateboard. He has already planned how much he is going to sell his skateboards for. Explain how Tony can set up a system of equations to predict when he will start to make a profit.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

assign variables to the costs, etc.

Answer 3

P = profit
n = number of skateboards sold
c = cost to make one skateboard
s = selling price of one skateboard
i = initial investement

Answer 4

P = n(c - s) - i

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Where
\[P \le 0\]
means that he hasn't made any money/profit yet