500 Shirts Are Sold as Seconds at $12 Per Shirt

question 132

Multiple Choice

500 shirts are sold as seconds at $12 per shirt.Cost of spoiled shirts is $500,000.Cost of shirts at inspection point equals $9,500,000.Calculate the net cost of the spoilage.

• A) $9,494,000
• B) $494,000
• C) $506,000
• D) $9,506,000

---

Definitions:

Equation

A claim within mathematics that equates two expressions as being identical.

Perpendicular

Describes two lines, planes, or surfaces meeting at a right angle (90 degrees).

Horizontal Line

A straight line with no slope, moving left to right parallel to the x-axis in Cartesian coordinates.

Slope-intercept Form

A way of writing linear equations using the formula \(y = mx + b\), where \(m\) is the slope of the line and \(b\) is the y-intercept.