SOLUTION: To produce a textbook, suppose a publisher spent $125,000 for typesetting and $4.50 per book for printing and binding. The total cost to produce n books can be written as C = 125

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Question 1187017: To produce a textbook, suppose a publisher spent $125,000 for typesetting and $4.50 per book for printing and binding. The total cost to produce n books can be written as
C = 125,000 + 4.5n
a. Suppose the number of books printed in the first printing is 10,000. What is the total cost?
The total cost is:
b. If the average cost is the total cost divided by the number of books printed, find the average cost of producing 10,000 textbooks.
The average cost for producing 10,000 textbooks is:
c. Find the cost to produce one more textbook when you have already produced 10,000 textbooks. If you have already produced 10,000 textbooks, it’ll cost you “” to produce one more.
Thank you!

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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a. 125,000+4.5(10000)=$170,000
b. average cost is 170,000/10000= $1.70 per book
c. $4.50