Question

A lawn mower manufacturer incurs a total of $34,816 in overhead costs and $388 per lawn mower in production costs. How many lawn mowers were manufactured if the average cost of production is $660? The number of lawn mowers manufactured was .

Answer 1

128 lawns manufactured

Explanation:

Answer 2

(388x + 34816) / x = 660
388x + 34816 = 660x
34816 = 660x - 388x
34816 = 272x
34816 / 272 = x
128 = x......number of lawnmowers manufactured is 128