SOLUTION: You find that when you order 50 magnets, the average cost per magnet is $1.70 and when you order 75 magnets, the average cost per magnet is $1.40. What is the cost equation for the

Question 1132969: You find that when you order 50 magnets, the average cost per magnet is $1.70 and when you order 75 magnets, the average cost per magnet is $1.40. What is the cost equation for these custom magnets? (Let x be the number of magnets.)
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You find that when you order 50 magnets, the average cost per magnet is $1.70 and when you order 75 magnets, the average cost per magnet is $1.40. What is the cost equation for these custom magnets? (Let x be the number of magnets.)
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In the real world, the seller sets the price, and the buyer buys or not.
There might not be a "cost equation."

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