SOLUTION: Saint Francis College wants to make foam hats to sell at their football games. They found a local manufacturer who will produce the hats for a flat fee of $25,000 plus an addition
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Question 1113228: Saint Francis College wants to make foam hats to sell at their football games. They found a local manufacturer who will produce the hats for a flat fee of $25,000 plus an additional cost of $3.50 per hat. How many hats must be produced so that the average cost per hat is $6?
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Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25000+3.50x=6x
25000=6x-3.5x
25000=2.5x
25000/2.5=x
10,000=x number of hats
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