The ACME company manufactured \(x\) brooms per month from January to April, inclusive. On the first of each month, durin

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The ACME company manufactured \(x\) brooms per month from January to April, inclusive. On the first of each month, during the following May to December, inclusive, it sold \(\dfrac{x}2\) brooms. At the beginning of production on January 1st, the ACME company had no brooms in its inventory. If storage costs were \(\$1\) per month per broom, approximately how much, in terms of \(x,\) did the ACME company pay for storage from May 2nd to December 31st, inclusive?

A. \(\$x\)
B. \(\$3x\)
C. \(\$4x\)
D. \(\$5x\)
E. \(\$14x\)

Answer: E

Source: Manhattan GMAT