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Writing an Equation for a Linear Cost Function

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Suppose Ben starts a company in which he incurs a fixed cost of $1,250 per month for the overhead, which includes his office rent. His production costs are $37.50 per item. Write a linear function CC where C(x)C \left(x\right) is the cost for xx items produced in a given month.

OpenStax Precalculus 2e, 2.1 Linear Functions, exercise 12

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