Question

Suppose the distributor charges the artist a $40.00 cost for distribution, and the streaming services pays $4.00 per unit. (Note: One unit = one thousand streams)

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Formula: y = 40x + 4 (Graph Attached)

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After how many streams will you pay for the distributor charges? (Hint: this is where the line crosses the x-axis, round to the nearest thousand)

Answer 1

356 streams

Explanation:

From the graph, you will see that the line cross the x-axis at x = 8.8

Substitute into the expression y = 40x + 4

y = 40(8.8)+4

y = 352 + 4

y = 356

Hence the distributor charges will be paid for after 356 streams