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$P=5.5 b-500.5$ represents the profit in dollars from selling $b$ books.a. Find the profit if you sell 75 books.b. Find the profit if you sell 200 books.c. How many books must you sell to make $\$ 3600$ in profit?
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We can do this by substitifying $b=75$ into the equation $P=5.5b-500.5$. This gives us: \[P=5.5(75)-500.5\] \[P=-88\] Show more…
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