Max Well, a junior college student, lost his scholarship after receiving a D in his "Introductory Electromagnetics" course. He decided to buy a fiddle and make some money as a street musician. His fine instrument cost him $885.00. Max is a very passionate player and on average he breaks 1 string each hour. He can buy strings for $1.25 each.
Find the cost function $C(x)$ associated with Max playing the fiddle for $x$ hours.
$C(x)=$
If on average he makes $16.00 per hour write the revenue function $R(x)$ for the amount of revenue gained from $x$ hours of playing.
$R(x)=$
Find the profit function $P(x)$ for the amount of profit gained from $x$ hours of playing.
$P(x)=$
How many hours will Max need to work to break even? hours