during 2003 , a company produced an average of 3,000 products per month . how many products will the company need to produce from 2004 through 2007 in order to increase its monthly average for the period from 2003 through 2007 by 300 % over its 2003 average ?
"company produced 12 * 3000 = 36,000 products in 2003 . if company produces x products from 2004 to 2007 , then total amount of product produced in 4 years ( 2003 through 2007 ) is x + 36,000 . the gives the average of ( x + 36,000 ) / 4 . this average needs to be 300 % higher than that in 2003 . in math terms , 36,000 + 300 % ( 36,000 ) = 144,000 . so : ( x + 36,000 ) / 4 = 144,000 x + 36,000 = 576,000 x = 540,000 the answer is b ."
multiply(300, divide(subtract(2007, 2003), const_2))