Designer Dolls, Inc. found that the number N of dolls sold varies directly with their advertising budget A and inversely with the price P of each doll. The company sold 5200 dolls when $26,000 was spent on advertising and the price of a doll was set at $30. Determine the number of dolls sold when the amount spent on advertising is increased to $52,000. Round to the nearest whole number.. . A. 5,200 dolls. . B. 1,723 dolls. . C. 3,447 dolls. . D. 10,400 dolls
The correct answer among all the other choices is D. 10,400 dolls. This is the number of dolls sold when the amount spent on advertising is increased to $52,000. Thank you for posting your question. I hope that this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.
Answer:
D
Step-by-step explanation:
Direct Variation takes the form \(A = kB\)
Inverse Variation takes the form \(A=k(\frac{1}{B})\)
Since number of dolls [N] varies directly with advertising budget [A], in our equation, A should go in the numerator and since number of dolls [N] varies inversely with price of dolls [P], P should go in the denominator.
Thus we can write our equation as:
\(N=k(\frac{A}{P})\)
Solving this equation for k given the information "The company sold 5200 dolls when $26,000 was spent on advertising and the price of a doll was set at $30":
\(N=k(\frac{A}{P})\\5200=k(\frac{26,000}{30})\\5200=k(866.67)\\k=\frac{5200}{866.67}=5.99\)
Rounding \(k=5.99\) to \(k=6\)
Now, given that we want to find the number of dolls [N] when \(A=52,000\) and \(P=30\) , we have:
\(N=(6)(\frac{52,000}{30})\\N=10,400\) dolls
Answer choice D is correct.