The amount of profit, p, you earn by selling knives, k, can be determined by: p=200k-500. a) determine the constraints on profit and the constraints on the number of knives sold. b) what happens to your profit as you sell more knives? c) is it possible to make a $14000 profit?

The westins and the shermans live in the same city and pay the same sales tax rate, and both families made $14,000 in taxable purchases last year. if the westins made $86,000 and the shermans made $33,000 last year, is the sales tax in their city an example of a regressive tax? yes, because the westins and the shermans both paid the same sales tax rate. b. no, because the shermans paid a higher percentage of their income in sales tax than the westins did. c. no, because the westins and the shermans both paid the same sales tax rate. d. yes, because the shermans paid a higher percentage of their income in sales tax than the westins did.