Question

A packaging company has been offered a contract to create gift boxes for perfume/cologne. The company needs to buy a special machine to make the boxes. The machine costs $3000, and each box costs, two dollars for labor and materials. The perfume/cologne maker has agreed to buy each box for five dollars, what is the equation showing the perfume/cologne makers cost to purchase the boxes?

Answer 1

Let's call the number of boxes the packaging company produces "x".
The cost of labor and materials for each box is $2.
So the total cost of labor and materials for x boxes is 2*x = $<<2*x=2x>>2x.
The perfume/cologne maker agrees to buy each box for $5.
So the total cost for the perfume/cologne maker to purchase x boxes is 5*x = $<<5*x=5x>>5x.
The total cost for the perfume/cologne maker to purchase the boxes is the sum of the cost to purchase the boxes and the cost of the machine, so the equation is:
Total cost = cost to purchase boxes + cost of machine
Total cost = 5x + 3000