Question

Craig bought a treadmill for $400. He estimates that the annual costs to maintain the machine will be $36. Which rational function yields the average annual cost in dollars of owning the treadmill for x years?
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Answer 1

Average annual cost = (purchase + total maintenance) / years = (400 + 36x)/x, which simplifies to 36 + 400/x (domain x > 0).