Jimmy owns a small engine repair business. The revenue, in dollars, can be modeled by the equation y = 420 + 72x, where x is the number of hours spent repairing small engines. The overhead cost, in dollars, can be modeled by the equation y = 24x² + 180 where x is the number of hours spent repairing bikes. After about how many hours does the company break even? Note: The phrase break even refers to the value where the two functions are equivalent.

5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

--- Revenue

--- Overhead cost

Required

Determine the hours for break even

To do this, we simply equate both expressions as follows:

Collect Like Terms

Divide through 24

Expand:

Factorize:

But x can't be negative because it represents time.

So, x = 5 hours

x=17

step-by-step explanation:

solve 3x-24=x+10

then that makes it 2x=34 because you subtract an x from both sides to get rid of the one on the right, and then you add 24 to both sides to get rid of the 24 on the left

divide by both sides by 2 to get your answer so that you can get your answer

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