document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=481862>Question 481862</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have an idea on what I am supposed to do but, I need some reassurance to know if I am doing this correctly. The question reads: you own a silk screening business that prints designs on t-shirts. The model for the average cost per shirt is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a= 2.75x + 150/ x *whole right side of the equation is divided by x, not just the 150*\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where x is the number of shirts in the production run, $ 150 is the one time charge fir creating the design and supplies, and 2.75 is the cost of the plain shirt. sketch a graph of the equation ANd find the production run of 350 shirts\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In order to get the equation will i put it in y=mx+b form? I am not not exactly sure hoW i will do this inorder to sketch a graph. help. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a= (2.75x + 150)/x *whole right side of the equation is divided by x, not just the 150* <BR>\n" );
document.write( "where x is the number of shirts in the production run, $ 150 is the one time charge fir creating the design and supplies, and 2.75 is the cost of the plain shirt. sketch a graph of the equation ANd find the production run of 350 shirts<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In order to get the equation will i put it in y=mx+b form?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Response: No, it is not a linear equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To graph you would have to analyze the equation and also plot some points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(350) = (2.75*350+150)/350 = $3.18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.  </SPAN>\n" );
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