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Break-even analysis. Table 1 contains price–demand and total cost data from a bakery for t...

Break-even analysis. Table 1 contains price–demand and total cost data from a bakery for the production of kringles (a Danish pastry), where p is the price (in dollars) of a kringle for a daily demand of x kringles and C is the total cost (in dollars) of producing x kringles.

Table 1

x

p($)

C($)

125

9

740

140

8

785

170

7

850

200

6

900

(A) Find a linear regression equation for the price–demand data, using x as the independent variable.


(B) Find a linear regression equation for the cost data, using x as the independent variable. Use this equation to estimate the fixed costs and variable costs per kringle.


(C) Find the break-even points.


(D) Find the price range for which the bakery will make a profit.

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