A producer has fixed expenses of $980 to put on a 3-day production of a play. Each ticket to the play will be sold for $5.00. The line shows the net profit or loss of the producer based on selling x tickets. What is the minimum number of tickets the producer must sell over the 3-day period in order to earn a profit?

196 tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

The total expenses to put on a 3-day production of a play is $980. Each ticket to go and watch the play is going to be sold for $5. The producer sells x number of tickets, x number of tickets would cost 5x. Therefore to find the number of tickets the producer must sell so as to make a profit the money generated from selling the tickets must be more than the cost of production. Therefore we use the formula:

5x ≥ 980

Dividing through by 5:

x ≥ 980

x ≥ 980/5

x ≥ 196

Therefore the producer must sell at least 196 tickets so as to make a profit

if gloria has "carry over" minutes, (that is, any minutes paid for but not used in a month can be applied to her payment for minutes in the next month,) her total usage for the three months is: total minutes = 320 + 243 + 489 = 1052 minutes number of 200 minute blocks = 1052/200 = 5 r52 (that is 5 with a remainder of 52) rounding up the number of 200 minute blocks gives her usage for the three months as 6 blocks. the cost for six blocks is 6 x $25 = $150 she also has 200 - 52 or 148 carry over minutes if gloria pays each month and unused minutes are lost, applying the rounding up procedure to each month gives: first month usage of 320 minutes rounds up to 2 blocks of 200 minutes for a payment of 2 x $25 = $50 second month usage of 243 minutes rounds up to 2 blocks of 200 minutes for a payment of 2 x $25 = $50 third month usage of 489 minutes rounds up to 3 blocks of 200 minutes for a payment of 3 x $25 = $75 total payments for the three months are $50 + $50 + $75 = $175 get the plan with carry over minutes!

the answer is

a.

x = 42

y = 10

i got it down chief.