A publisher for a promising new novel figures fixed costs (overhead, advances, promotion, copy editing, typesetting, and so on) at $63,000 and variable costs (printing, paper, binding, shipping) $1.30 for each book produced. If the book is sold to distrubutors for $18 each, how many must be produced and sold for the publisher to break even? The publisher must produce and sell ____ books to break even.?

A publisher for a promising new novel figures fixed costs (overhead, advances, promotion, copy editing, typesetting, and so on) at $63,000 and variable costs (printing, paper, binding, shipping) $1.30 for each book produced. If the book is sold to distrubutors for $18 each, how many must be produced and sold for the publisher to break even? The publisher must produce and sell ____ books to break even.?

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter9: Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 46P

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