Question

The widget production line is firing on all cylinders. you may remember that widgets are the devices used to hold a razor blade when it is being used as a scraper. mr. widget has determined that the number of employees working on the assembly line and the number of widgets produced per hour have a linear relationship, as follows. widgets ŷ = 162.06(employees) − 515 the given equation is applicable only when he has 25 or fewer employees. after that, they just get in each other's way, and production goes down. how many widgets does mr. widget expect to produce with 18 employees on the assembly line? (round your answer to the nearest integer.)

Answer 1

Mr. Widget expects to produce approximately 2402 widgets with 18 employees on the assembly line.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many widgets Mr. Widget expects to produce with 18 employees, we can substitute the value of 18 into the equation for widgets produced per hour:

widgets = 162.06(employees) − 515

Substituting employees = 18: widgets ŷ = 162.06(18) − 515

Calculating the expression on the right side of the equation: widgets ŷ = 2917.08 - 515 = 2402.08

Rounding the answer to the nearest integer, Mr. Widget expects to produce approximately 2402 widgets with 18 employees on the assembly line.