SOLUTION: Aki's bicycle designs has determined that when x hundred bicycles are built, the average cost per bicycle is given by C(x)=0.2x^2-0.1x+3.799, where C(x) is in hundreds of dollars.
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Question 419457: Aki's bicycle designs has determined that when x hundred bicycles are built, the average cost per bicycle is given by C(x)=0.2x^2-0.1x+3.799, where C(x) is in hundreds of dollars. How many bicycles should the shop build to minimize the avearge cost per bicycle? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Aki's bicycle designs has determined that when x hundred bicycles are built, the average cost per bicycle is given by C(x)=0.2x^2-0.1x+3.799, where C(x) is in hundreds of dollars. How many bicycles should the shop build to minimize the average cost per bicycle?
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Minimum occurs when x = -b/(2a) = 0.1/(2*0.2) = 1/4
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# of bikes should be (1/4)*100 = 25
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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