SOLUTION: The cost of manufacturing clocks is given by c=100√n+49, where c is the total cost and n is the number produced. What is c when no clocks are produced?

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Question 457627: The cost of manufacturing clocks is given by c=100√n+49, where c is the total cost and n is the number produced. What is c when no clocks are produced?
Answer by oberobic(2304)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The square root of zero is zero, so when there are zero clocks produced (n=0), the cost is 49.
That would be fixed cost of operations that is not affected by the variable cost of producing clocks.

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