Answer:
A pastry shop has fixed costs of$280per week and variable costs of$9per box of pastries. The shop’s costs per week in terms ofx,the number of boxes made, is280+9x.We can divide the costs per week by the number of boxes made to determine the cost per box of pastries.
280+9x
x
Notice that the result is a polynomial expression divided by a second polynomial expression. In this section, we will explore quotients of polynomial expressions.
