Assume that it costs Apple approximately
C(x) = 36,100 + 100x + 0.01x2
dollars to manufacture x 32GB iPods in a day.† How many iPods should be manufactured in order to minimize average cost?
iPods per day

What is the resulting average cost of an iPod?

Question

Assume that it costs Apple approximately
C(x) = 36,100 + 100x + 0.01x2
dollars to manufacture x 32GB iPods in a day.† How many iPods should be manufactured in order to minimize average cost?
  iPods per day

What is the resulting average cost of an iPod?

amistre64 · Answer

you have a quadratic equation, how do we find its min or max?

amistre64 · Answer

of course average cost is C(x)/x ... i believe

amistre64 · Answer

can you work a derivative?