Question

A factory that manufactures basketballs spends $3 on each basketball that it produces.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Neither linear nor non linear

Step-by-step explanation:

The company spends $3 on each basketball it produces, which means if the company produces $b$ basketballs, then the amount $y$ it would have spent is

$y=3b$.

Now, the rate of cost growth is the rate of change, or the derivative of the amount spent $y$; therefore,

$\dfrac{dy}{db} =\dfrac{d(3b)}{db} = 3 \dfrac{db}{db} =3$

which is a constant, which means the rate of cost growth is not increasing. Therefore, rate of cost growth at the factory is neither linear nor nonlinear.