Which statement is the best interpretation of $2.00x$ in this context?

|Question 18Math

Source Texts

Text

A company that manufactures staplers calculates its monthly profit, in dollars, by subtracting its fixed monthly costs, in dollars, from its monthly sales revenue, in dollars. The equation

11, 000 = 2.00 x - 6, 500

represents this situation for a month where

x

staplers are manufactured and sold.

Which statement is the best interpretation of

2.00 x

in this context?

The monthly sales revenue, in dollars, for each stapler sold

The monthly sales revenue, in dollars, for

x

staplers sold

The monthly cost, in dollars, of manufacturing each stapler

The monthly cost, in dollars, of manufacturing

x

staplers