A manufacturer of pickles has a fixed monthly cost of $10,000. Additionally, each jar of pickles that the manufacturer produces costs $0.75. If these are the only monthly costs incurred by the manufacturer, which of the following functions best models the manufacturer's total monthly cost, C, when it produces p jars of pickles?Choose 1 answer:(A) C(p)=10,000+0.75p(B) C(p)=0.75+10,000p(C) C(p)=10,000⋅0.75⋅p(D) C(p)=0.75(10,000+p
Q. A manufacturer of pickles has a fixed monthly cost of $10,000. Additionally, each jar of pickles that the manufacturer produces costs $0.75. If these are the only monthly costs incurred by the manufacturer, which of the following functions best models the manufacturer's total monthly cost, C, when it produces p jars of pickles?Choose 1 answer:(A) C(p)=10,000+0.75p(B) C(p)=0.75+10,000p(C) C(p)=10,000⋅0.75⋅p(D) C(p)=0.75(10,000+p
Understand Costs: Understand the fixed and variable costs.The manufacturer has a fixed monthly cost of $10,000, which does not change regardless of the number of jars produced. Additionally, there is a variable cost of $0.75 for each jar of pickles produced. The total cost will be the sum of the fixed cost and the variable cost multiplied by the number of jars, p.
Formulate Total Cost Function: Formulate the function for the total monthly cost.The total monthly cost, C, is the sum of the fixed cost and the variable cost per jar times the number of jars, p. This can be expressed as:C(p)=Fixed Cost+(Variable Cost per Jar×Number of Jars)C(p)=$(10,000)+($(0.75)×p)
Match with Given Options: Match the formulated function with the given options.The function we formulated in Step 2 is C(p)=$10,000+($0.75×p), which matches with option (A).
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