Questions 10—11 are based on the following:
Antinuclear activist: The closing of the nuclear power plant is a victory
for the antinuclear cause. It also represents a belated acknowledgment by the
power industry that they cannot operate such plants safely.
Nuclear power plant manager: It represents no such thing. The availability of
cheap power from nonnuclear sources, together with the cost of mandated safety
inspections and safety repairs, made continued operation uneconomic. Thus it was
not safety considerations but economic considerations that dictated the plant’s
closing. A store currently charges the same price for each towel that it sells.
If the current price of each towel were to be increased by $1,10 fewer of the
towels could be bought for $120, excluding sales tax. What is the current price
of each towel