Kara's Custom Tees

Question

Kara's Custom Tees experienced fixed costs of $200 and variable costs of $5 a shirt. Write an equation that can be used to determine the total expenses encountered by Kara's Custom Tees.

 

Let x be the number of shirts and let C(x) be the total cost of producing x shirts.

 

Then, C(x)= ?

 

Then the cost of 10 shirts is $?

Answer 1

C(x) = fixed costs + variable cost of x shirts

 

So, C(x) = 200 + 5x