Company a manufactures and sells gidgets. the owners have determined that the company has the monthly revenue and cost functions shown, such that x represents the number of gidgets sold.

r(x) = 16x
c(x) = 12x + 1,424

at what number of gidgets sold will the company break-even (the point where revenue equals cost)?

a.
356 gidgets
b.
119 gidgets
c.
480 gidgets
d.
51 gidgets

Option A.  356 gidgets

Step-by-step explanation:

we have

R(x) ----> the monthly revenue function

C(x) ---> the monthly cost function

x ----> the number of gidgets sold

we know that

Break-even means that the revenue equals cost

so

solve for x

not enough information

step-by-step explanation:

we cannot know this, because the other students could have handed out 10 flyers, or they could have handed out 100. one way, the mean would go up, and another way, the mean would go down.