Question

In 2008 a newspaper sold 120 thousand papers, and had 60 thousands people reading online. Their online readership has been increasing by 8 thousand people each year, while their physical paper sales have decreased by 6 thousand papers a year. In what year does online readership exceed physical sales?

Answer 1

t = 5 years

online readership will exceed physical sales in 5 years

Explanation:

The number of physical readership can be represented by the equation;

P(t) = 120 - 6t

The number of Online readership can be represented by the equation;

K(t) = 60 + 8t

For online readership to exceed physical sales

K(t) > P(t)

60 + 8t > 120 - 6t

Collecting the like terms;

8t+6t > 120-60

14t>60

t > 60/14

t > 4.29

To the nearest year greater than 4.29.

t = 5 years

online readership will exceed physical sales in 5 years