Cameroon corp. manufactures and sells electric staplers for $19 each. if 24,400 units were sold in december, and management forecasts 5% growth in sales each month, the number of electric stapler sales budgeted for february should be:

The number of sales each month is expected to be a factor of (1 + .05) = 1.05 times the number of sales in the previous month. Thus January sales will be 1.05 times December sales, and February sales will be 1.05 times that:

... February sales = 1.05(1.05·(December sales)) = 1.05²·24,400

... February sales = 26901

You might want to round this to 26900. Sales forecasts are nototiously inaccurate, so rounding to the nearest hundred is probably appropriate.

answer: solve 5\cdot 2^x=2405⋅2  

x

=2405, dot, 2, start superscript, x, end superscript, equals, 240.

solution

to solve for xxx, we must first isolate the exponential part. to do this, divide both sides by 555 as shown below. we do not multiply the 555 and the 222 as this goes against the order of operations!

\begin{aligned} 5\cdot 2^x& =240 2^x& =48 \\ \end{aligned}  

5⋅2  

x

2  

x

​    

=240

=48

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step-by-step explanation: