The O'Neill Shoe Manufacturing Company will produce a special-style shoe if the order size is large enough to provide a reasonable profit. For each special-style order, the company incurs a fixed cost of $1700 for the production setup. The variable cost is $40 per pair, and each pair sells for $50. Let x indicate the number of pairs of shoes produced. Develop a mathematical model for the total cost of producing x pairs of shoes.
Express your answer in terms of x. T
C = Let P indicate the total profit.
Develop a mathematical model for the total profit realized from an order for x pairs of shoes.
Express your answer in terms of x.
P = How large must the shoe order be before O'Neill will break even?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number. x =