Queen’s Mortgage Brokers is considering replacing its copier which also serves as their printer and fax machine. Paperclip Inc has provided them with 3 options, Paperclip supplies:

the equipment, paper, supplies, and service for $0.085/page

equipment, paper, supplies and service for a fixed fee of $185/month + $0.06/page

equipment, and service for $450/month and Queen’s supplies their own supplies and paper. Queen’s estimates their cost to be $0.035/page

a. Construct the cost functions for each of the options.

b. At what printing volume is each option preferable?

c. Graph the cost functions on a single graph using Excel. Your graph should include the volumes that you found in part b. insert your graph here.

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