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algebra junior

Problem

The amount of money a certain company has can be modeled with the line , where is the number of workers the company decides to hire. What is the maximum number of workers the company can hire before the company has no money left and goes bankrupt?
Solution
The point at which the company goes bankrupt is where , the -intercept. To solve for the -intercept, we set and get Realizing that is between 10, or , and 11, or , then the company can hire at most workers, since hiring 11 would bring it past the -intercept and into debt.
Final answer
10