Imagine that you purchase 150 toy light sabers for 10 dollars. You plan to sell the toy light sabers at the carnival for $1.06 each. Give the profit function P ( x ) for selling x toy light sabers. Note your profit is determined by the total amount of money you earn minus any costs. P ( x ) = Calculate P ( 51 ) : P ( 51 ) =
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If you sell [blank] toy light sabers, your profit will be [blank] dollars.
For which x is P ( x ) = 88.58 ?
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If your profit was [blank] dollars, then you sold [blank] toy light sabers What is the minimum number of toy light sabers you need to sell in order to not lose money? Note that this is called the break even point. Hint: You can only sell a whole number of items. You must sell [blank] toy light sabers.