Colleen plans to start a small business by making and selling skirts. A sewing machine costs $250, and she estimates that she will spend $15 on materials for each skirt. Which expression represents Colleen's total costs, in dollars, for making x skirts?

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Alison Sherman

Mathematics

11 November, 21:52

Colleen plans to start a small business by making and selling skirts. A sewing machine costs $250, and she estimates that she will spend $15 on materials for each skirt. Which expression represents Colleen's total costs, in dollars, for making x skirts?

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Reese Proctor · Answer 1

Let C (x) be the function which calculates the total cost of making x skirts.

There is going to be a fixed constant, 250, to which we will add 15$ per x skirts.

So C (x) = 250+15x

Answer: 250+15x