A fast-food company manufactures bags of chips. Every month there is a fixed cost on the ingredients and raw materials which is $1,400. The cost of making one bag includes the packaging cost and the cost of making the chips which is 10¢ per bag. What is the expression that represents the total cost of manufacturing x bags of chips in a month?
10x + 1400
0.10x + 1400
0.10x − 1400
10x − 1400
0.10x + 1400x

Question

A fast-food company manufactures bags of chips. Every month there is a fixed cost on the ingredients and raw materials which is $1,400. The cost of making one bag includes the packaging cost and the cost of making the chips which is 10¢ per bag. What is the expression that represents the total cost of manufacturing x bags of chips in a month?
10x + 1400
0.10x + 1400
0.10x − 1400
10x − 1400
0.10x + 1400x

anonymous · Answer

Since you know that it costs $0.10 to package and create one bag of chips, we know that the variable will be attached to that. Also, we know that the company spends $1400 to get the materials. So, the company will gain $0.10 per bag of chips, but lose a one-time sum of 1400. How do you think you could best represent a  variable $0.10 gain with a one-time $1400 loss?

anonymous · Answer

0.10x − 1400 @stedan18

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

With every X there will be a 0.10 gain with that 1400 loss, it makes sense :)