Question

o make a profit, a company’s revenue must be greater than its operating costs. The company’s revenue is modeled by the expression 7.5x – 100, where x represents the number of items sold. The company’s operation costs are modeled by the expression 79.86 5.8x. How many items does the company need to sell to make a profit?

Answer 1

1. 7.5x - 100 > 79.86 + 5.8x (Option A)

2. x > 105.8 (Option D)

3. 106 (Option D)

Explanation:

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Answer 2

106 items

Explanation:

We know that:

revenues > costs

7.5x – 100 > 79.86 + 5.8x

7.5x - 5.8x > 79.86 + 100

1.7x > 179.86

x > 179.86 / 1.7

x > 105.8

This means that the company will need to sell at least 106 items (the smallest integer greater than 105.8) to make a profit.

The inequality which will determine the number of least items that need to be sold to make a profit is x ≥ 106