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Let x = the number of units produced in 1 week.vaibhav101 wrote:The manufacturer of a certain item can sell all he can produce at the selling price of $60 each. It costs him $40 in materials and labour to produce each item and he has overhead expenses of $3000 per week in order to operate the plant. The minimum number of units that he should produce and sell in order to make profit of at least $1000 per week, is
A 200
B 250
C 300
D 400
E 500
We see that at $60 selling price and $40 cost price, there is a margin of $20 per unit. If there are x units to be produced, they must bring in the total margin (20x) that can at least cover overhead expense ($3000) and profit ($1000).vaibhav101 wrote:The manufacturer of a certain item can sell all he can produce at the selling price of $60 each. It costs him $40 in materials and labour to produce each item and he has overhead expenses of $3000 per week in order to operate the plant. The minimum number of units that he should produce and sell in order to make profit of at least $1000 per week, is
A 200
B 250
C 300
D 400
E 500
We can let x = the number of items sold.vaibhav101 wrote:The manufacturer of a certain item can sell all he can produce at the selling price of $60 each. It costs him $40 in materials and labour to produce each item and he has overhead expenses of $3000 per week in order to operate the plant. The minimum number of units that he should produce and sell in order to make profit of at least $1000 per week, is
A 200
B 250
C 300
D 400
E 500
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