After helping his neighbor mow lawns, Joe decides to start his own lawn service business. He decides to start off on a small scale until he has builds up a customer base. Joe calculates his costs to be $4,880 which includes a John Deere riding mower, a leaf blower, edger and weed eater, and miscellaneous yard tools. He figures that it will cost approximately $9 to mow each lawn and will charge on average $70 to each customer. Let x be the number of lawns mowed. (a) Write the revenue function. (b) Write the cost function. (c) Joe must mow how many lawns to break even? (d) State the cost and the revenue at the break-even point. The revenue and the cost at the break-even point are both equal to what in dollars?
After helping his neighbor mow lawns, Joe decides to start his own lawn service business. He decides to start off on a small scale until he has builds up a customer base. Joe calculates his costs to be $4,880 which includes a John Deere riding mower, a leaf blower, edger and weed eater, and miscellaneous yard tools. He figures that it will cost approximately $9 to mow each lawn and will charge on average $70 to each customer. Let x be the number of lawns mowed.
(a) Write the revenue function.
(b) Write the cost function.
(c) Joe must mow how many lawns to break even?
(d) State the cost and the revenue at the break-even point. The revenue and the cost at the break-even point are both equal to what in dollars?
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