The equation P = 4.5b - 470.5 represents the profit in dollars from selling b books. (a) Find the profit if you sell 60 books. (Include units in your answer. More information.) There is a -Select-- of |for selling 60 books. (b) Find the profit if you sell 200 books. (Include units in your answer. More information.) There is a-Select-- of for selling 200 books. (c) How many books must you sell to make $3800 in profit? To make $3,800 in profit, you must sell books.

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The equation P = 4.5b – 470.5 represents the profit in dollars from selling b books.
(a) Find the profit if you sell 60 books. (Include units in your answer. More information.)
There is a -Select-
of
|for selling 60 books.
(b) Find the profit if you sell 200 books. (Include units in your answer. More information.)
There is a
-Select-
of
for selling 200 books.
(c) How many books must you sell to make $3800 in profit?
To make $3,800 in profit, you must sell
books.
Transcribed Image Text:The equation P = 4.5b – 470.5 represents the profit in dollars from selling b books. (a) Find the profit if you sell 60 books. (Include units in your answer. More information.) There is a -Select- of |for selling 60 books. (b) Find the profit if you sell 200 books. (Include units in your answer. More information.) There is a -Select- of for selling 200 books. (c) How many books must you sell to make $3800 in profit? To make $3,800 in profit, you must sell books.
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Given equation, p=4.5b-470.5the equation represents the profit in dollars from selling b books.

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Since, p=4.5b-470.5For b=60 booksp=4.560-470.5p=-200.5

So, there is a loss of $200.5 for selling 60 books.

 

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