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2.3 Exercise 22

Avg difficulty 2.5

Find a linear equation to model this real-world application: It costs ABC electronics company $2.50 per unit to produce a part used in a popular brand of desktop computers. The company has monthly operating expenses of $350 for utilities and $3,300 for salaries. What are the company’s monthly expenses?

OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 2.3 Models and Applications, exercise 22

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