A company estimates that it costs $0.03x^2+4x+1000$ dollars to produce x units of a product. How do you find the expression for the average cost per unit?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-07T09:56:28

Divide total cost by the number of units.

$C//u=(0.03x^2+4x+1000)/x$

$C//u=(0.03x*cancelx)/cancelx+(4cancelx)/cancelx+1000/x$

$C//u=0.03x+4+1000/x$

A company estimates that it costs 0.03x^2+4x+10000.03x^2+4x+1000 dollars to produce x units of a product. How do you find the expression for the average cost per unit?