A manufacturer of tools, selling rechargeable drills to a chain of home improvement stores, charges $2 more per drill than its manufacturing cost, m. The chain then sells each drill for 170% of the price that it paid the manufacturer. Find a function P(m) for th price at the home improvement stores. The function for the price at the home improvement stores is given by P(m)=?.

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A manufacturer of tools, selling rechargeable drills to a chain of home improvement stores, charges $2 more per drill than its manufacturing cost, m. The chain then sells each drill for 170% of the price that it paid the manufacturer. Find a function P(m) for th price at the home improvement stores.  The function for the price at the home improvement stores is given by P(m)=?.

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Step 1   Manufacturing cost is =$m   Manufacturer charges $2 more per drill. So manufacturer sells at $(m+2)   Step 2   The chain sells each drill at 170% of (m+2).   P(m)=170%of(m+2)   P(m)=1.70(m+2)   P(m)=1.70m+3.40   Answer: 1.70m+3.40

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