SOLUTION: If it costs Microsoft $1,230 to manufacture 8 Kinects per hour for the Xbox 360 and $2,430 to manufacture 16 per hour at a particular plant, obtain the corresponding linear cost fu

Question 1045991: If it costs Microsoft $1,230 to manufacture 8 Kinects per hour for the Xbox 360 and $2,430 to manufacture 16 per hour at a particular plant, obtain the corresponding linear cost function C(x).
C(x) =
What was the cost to manufacture each additional Kinect?
$
Use the cost function to estimate the cost of manufacturing 24 Kinects in an hour.
$
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plot on the vertical axis
and on the horizontal axis
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You are given 2 points, ( x, C ) on the line:
( 8, 1230 )
( 16, 2430 )
Use general point-slope formula

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Cost of an additional Kinect?

$150 for additional Kinect
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$3,630

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