A lawn service company charges $60 for each lawn maintenance call. The fixed monthly cost of $680 includes telephone service and depreciation of equipment. The variable costs include labor, gasoline, and taxes and amount to $36 per lawn.
a. Write a linear cost function representing the monthly cost
b. Write a linear revenue function representing the monthly Revenue
c. Write a linear profit function representing the monthly profit
d. Determine the number of lawn maintenance calls needed per month for the company to make money.
e. If 42 maintenance calls are made for a given month, how much money will the lawn service make or lose?
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solutionChapter 2 Solutions
Miller, College Algebra 2017, 2e, Student Edition, Reinforced Binding (ELECTIVE ALGEBRA)
- Intermediate AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781285195728Author:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. SchwittersPublisher:Cengage LearningAlgebra for College StudentsAlgebraISBN:9781285195780Author:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. SchwittersPublisher:Cengage LearningGlencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw Hill
- College AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305115545Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem WatsonPublisher:Cengage LearningHolt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition...AlgebraISBN:9780547587776Author:HOLT MCDOUGALPublisher:HOLT MCDOUGALAlgebra: Structure And Method, Book 1AlgebraISBN:9780395977224Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. ColePublisher:McDougal Littell