SOLUTION: A small band would like to sell CDs of its music. The business manager says that it costs $340 to produce 100 CDs and $500 to produce 500 CDs.
(a) Write a linear function to rep
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(a) Write a linear function to rep
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Question 1025831: A small band would like to sell CDs of its music. The business manager says that it costs $340 to produce 100 CDs and $500 to produce 500 CDs.
(a) Write a linear function to represent the cost, $C , of producing n CDs.
(b) Find the slope and the intercept of the graph of the function, and interpret their meaning.
The slope is ___ and it represents _______
The intercept is ___ and it represents _______
(c) How much does it cost to produce 750 CDs?
(d) If the band can afford to spend $900, how many CDs can it produce? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Plot Cost on the vertical axis
Plot number of CDs on the horizontal axis
You are given 2 points: ( n, C )
( 100, 340 )
( 500, 500 )
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Use the general point-slope formula
multiply both sides by
(a)
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(b)
The slope measures how fast the cost increases
with the number of CDs.
For every 1 new CD produced, the cost increases by = $.40
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The vertical intercept, where is
$300 is the cost even if no CDs are produced ( fixed cost )
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(c)
$600
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(d)
1500 CDs can be produced
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check the equation:
does it go through ( 100,340 ) ?
OK
does it go through ( 500, 500 ) ?
OK
