Mikey W. Smitty, an emerging musician, is getting ready to cut his first CD. The cost of recording the CD is $3,000 but copies cost $2 apiece and the CDs can be sold for $17 each. He wishes to know how many CDs he needs to sell to break even and what his profit or loss will be if he happens to sell only 170 CDs. Set up the breakeven problem and be prepared to answer questions from the output.

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Mikey W. Smitty, an emerging musician, is getting ready to cut his first CD. The cost of recording
the CD is $3,000 but copies cost $2 apiece and the CDs can be sold for $17 each. He wishes to
know how many CDs he needs to sell to break even and what his profit or loss will be if he
happens to sell only 170 CDs. Set up the breakeven problem and be prepared to answer
questions from the output.

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