A publisher for a promising new novel figures fixed costs? (overhead, advances,? promotion, copy? editing, typesetting, and so? on) at ?$54,000?, and variable costs? (printing, paper,? binding, shipping) at ?$1.50 for each book produced. If the book is sold to distributors for ?$15 ?each, how many must be produced and sold for the publisher to break? even?
The publisher must produce and sell ____books to break even.