A print shop wants to expand production. It currently has 20 workers and 8 copiers and recently added two copiers which increased daily output by 100,000. They also added 4 workers which increased output by 80,000. Each copier costs twice as much as hiring an extra worker. What is the best course of action: hiring another employee, or buying an extra copier

2 You run a business selling used hand tools. The rent on your building is $1400/month. Utilities average $600 month. Your average cost to buy your used hand tools from a wholesaler is $9.5/tool. You spend S0.50/tool to package and individually price them. You have two employees in your store during the opening hours that sell the tools. Each employee gets a salary of $12/hour. Your store is open 10 hours/day, every day of the week. Over the course of a year, this averages out to 30 days'month. The average selling price for a used tool is $22. How many tools per month must be sold to make $4000 profit each month.

3. Copier Company A copy company wants to expand production. It currently has 20 workers who share eight copiers. Two months ago, the firm added two copiers, and output increased by 100,000 pages per day. One month ago, they added five workers, and productivity also increased by 50,000 pages per day. Copiers cost about twice as much as workers. Would you recommend they hire another employee or buy another copier? Explain.

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