A Productivity Model at the Handy Gadget Company Is $P = 13,000 x ^ { 0.1 } y ^ { 0.9 }$

question 26

Multiple Choice

A productivity model at the Handy Gadget Company is $P = 13,000 x ^ { 0.1 } y ^ { 0.9 }$
Where P is the number of gadgets the company turns out per month, x is the number of employees at the company, and y is the monthly operating budget in thousands of dollars. Because the company hires part - time workers, it uses anywhere between 44 and 54 workers each month, and its operating budget varies from $12,000 to $14,000 per month. What is the average of the possible numbers gadgets it can turn out per month (Round the answer to the nearest 1,000 gadgets.)

• A)8,000 gadgets
• B) 61,000 gadgets
• C) 193,000 gadgets
• D) 3,000 gadgets

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