ACME’s manufacturing costs for sets of horseshoes include

profit=52.50*987 -(11450+19.75*987)

only challenge is calculation..lets simplified

profit= (52.5-19.75)*987 -11450
=32.75*987 -11450
=32.75 *(1000-13) -11450
= 32750 -11450 -32.75*13
=21300 - 32.75*13 (no need to calculate here..answer option are far apart)
looking at the answer it should be A

Mike@Magoosh wrote:Solve this question without a calculator in under 90 seconds.

ACME’s manufacturing costs for sets of horseshoes include a $11,450 initial outlay, and $19.75 per set. They can sell the sets $52.50. If profit is revenue from sales minus manufacturing costs, and the company produces & sells 987 sets of horseshoes, what was their profit?
(A) $20,874.25
(B) $30,943.25
(C) $41,308.50
(D) $51,817.50
(E) $53,624.25

For a discussion of the very important skill of estimation on the GMAT Quant, as well as the OA & solution to this particular problem, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/the-power- ... mat-quant/

Mike

If you solve this problem with full multiplication then you wont be able to solve it in 2 minutes. I used approximation and answer should be A.
Make $20 per unit for production. And $50 per unit for sale. Then the profit is coming out to be 18000. But because we reduced the selling cost by $2 per unit and there are 987 so the only answer close to it is A.