RELATING CONCEPTS For Individual or Group Work (Exercises 105-108) A manufacturer has fixed costs of $1000 to produce gizmos. Each gizmo costs $5 to
make. The fixed cost to produce gadgets is $750, and each gadget costs $3 to make.
Work Exercises 105-108 in order.
105. Write an expression for the cost to make x gizmos. (Hint: The cost will be the sum
of the fixed cost and the cost per item times the number of items.)
106. Write an expression for the cost to make y gadgets.
107. Write an expression for the total cost to make x gizmos and y gadgets.
108. Simplify the expression from Exercise 107.