A manufacturer needs to pay $300 to start making a certain new product. Besides the initial costs of $300, this product will also cost $18 per unit. The manufacturer wants to write an inequality to determine when the average cost per unit will be $24 or less.

Which inequality determines how many units (x) of the product need to be produced for the average cost to be $24 or less?

Question

contestada

Respuesta :

elcharly64 elcharly64 · Answer 1 · 2020-12-02T18:57:42+01:00

Answer:

[tex]\displaystyle \frac{300+18x}{x}\le 24[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Average Cost

Making a certain new product costs $300 plus $18 per product.

The total cost for x products is given by:

300 + 18x

To get the average cost, we divide the total cost by the number of products manufactured:

[tex]\displaystyle A=\frac{300+18x}{x}[/tex]

If the manufacturer wants to keep the average cost at $24 or less:

[tex]\mathbf{\displaystyle \frac{300+18x}{x}\le 24}[/tex]

This is the required inequality