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A company has determined that its weekly profit is a function of the number of items that it sells. Which equation could represent the weekly profit in thousands of dollars, y, when the company sells x items?

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Y= x* however many items
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Answer: Eliminate answer choices C and D immediately, since we are not looking to solve for either x or x^2; rather, we want the weekly profit (y) when the company sells x items. Eliminate choice A, because we are not looking to calculate the profit squared. This process of elimination of unsuitable answers leaves us with answer choice B, in which y is the the weekly profit in thousands of dollars, y, when the company sells x items.

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