SOLUTION: If the relationship between total cost and the number of units made is linear, and if cost increases by P3 for each additional unit made, and if total cost of 10 units is P30, fin

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Question 1186387: If the relationship between total cost and the number of units made is linear, and if cost
increases by P3 for each additional unit made, and if total cost of 10 units is P30, find the
equation of the relationship between total cost (C) and the number of units made (Q).
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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From the condition, the cost (the price) of each single item is P3,

and the cost of 10 units is P30.


HENCE, the relation between the total cost C and the numnber of units sold Q is


         C = 3Q.               ANSWER

Solved and explained.

More or less self-evident solution.