Problema Solution

the start up cost of a company is $150000. it costs $.17 to maufacture each headset. graph the function that represents average cost of a headset. how many must be manufactured to result in a cost less than five dollars per headset

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let x = the number of headsets produced


f(x) the total cost for producing x headsets


f(x) = 150000 + 0.17x


the average cost of headset c(x) is


c(x) = f(x)/x


c(x) = 150,000/x + 0.17


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https://quickmath.com/webMathematica3/quickmath/graphs/equations/intermediate.jsp#c=draw_basicgraphequation&v1=y+%3D+150000%2Fx+%2B+0.17&v2=1&v3=600000&v4=0&v5=6


we need to find x such that c(x) < 5


150000/x + 0.17 < 5


by solving we find


x > 31,055 headsets


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