Fisher Publishing Inc. is doing a financial feasibility analysis for a new book. Editing and preproduction costs are estimated

at $$45,000.$ The printing costs are a flat $$9,000$ for setup plus $$5\mathrm{.}00$ per book. The author's royalty is $6\%$ of the publisher's

selling price to bookstores. Advertising and promotion costs are budgeted at $$10,170.$

a$.$ If the price to bookstores is set at $$35,$ how many books must be sold to break even? $($Round the answer up to the

nearest whole number.$)$

Number of books

books

b$.$ The marketing department is forecasting sales of $5,200$ books at the $$35$ price. What will be the net income from the

project at this volume of sales?

Net income