document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=174570>Question 174570</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Student Council is going to buy equipment to make thingamajigs to sell to raise money for a school project. The equipment will cost $400, regardless of how many thingamajigs are produced. In addition to the initial equipment purchase, the Student Council will have a cost of $7 for each thingamajig. Write an equation for the total cost for producing x thingamajigs. How much will it cost to produce 80 thingamajigs? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If x = thingamajigs produced<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then cost (as a function of x) is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost = f(x) = 7x + 400<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if x = 80, plug it in and calculate cost:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(80) = 7(80) + 400 = 560 + 400 = $960<BR>\n" );
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