# A small-appliance manufacturer finds that it costs $9000 to produce 1000 toaster ovens a week and$12,000 to produce 1500 toaster ovens a week.(a) Express the cost as a function of the number of toaster  ovens produced, assuming that it is linear. Then sketch  the graph. (b) What is the slope of the graph and what does it  represent?(c) What is the y-intercept of the graph and what does it  represent?

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A small-appliance manufacturer finds that it costs $9000 to produce 1000 toaster ovens a week and$12,000 to produce 1500 toaster ovens a week.
(a) Express the cost as a function of the number of toaster  ovens produced, assuming that it is linear. Then sketch  the graph.

(b) What is the slope of the graph and what does it  represent?
(c) What is the y-intercept of the graph and what does it  represent?

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