Since the goal is to express profit as a function of price, the independent vari- able is price and the dependent variable is profit. Let x denote the price at which each ream will be sold, and let P(x) be the corresponding monthly profit. [Ordinarily, we would use p to represent price, but writing P(p) for profit could be confusing.]Next, express the number of reams sold in terms of the variable x. You know that 4,000 reams are sold each month when the price is $5 and that 400 fewer will be sold each month for each $1 increase in price. Since the number of $1 increases is the difference x 5 between the new and old sell- ing prices, you must have