document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1177138>Question 1177138</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ace’s Bicycle Designs has found that when x hundred bicycles are built, the average cost per bicycle is given by C(x) = 0.1x^2 - 0.7x + 2.425 where C(x) is in hundreds of dollars. How many bicycles should be built in order to minimize the average cost per bicycle? What is the minimum cost per bicycle?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Average cost is the cost function divided by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  CA(x)\ =\ 0.1x\ -\ 0.7\ +\ \frac{2.245}{x}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{dCA}{dx}\  =\ 0.1 -\ \frac{2.245}{x^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Set the first derivative equal to zero and solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> and round to 2 decimal places. Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in the cost function represents a number of 100 bicycles, any greater precision in the computation of the quantity for the minimum average cost would result in a minimum quantity including a fractional part of a bicycle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once you have the minimum quantity, evaluate the cost function for that quantity.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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