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The total cost of housing projects with F units is 1,750,000. What is the cost per unit of the housing project?

1. If half as many units were built for the same total price,the cost per unit is 250,000

2. If 6 More units were built for the same total price, the total price, the cost per unit would be 3750 Less

OA is D

But here is where I am confused

I can see how A would be correct,

Writing an equation for B
( X - 3750 ) ( f + 6) = 1.75 Million
xf = 1.75 Million

Substituting for F, we get a quadratic equation that can have 2 possible values for f..

When you get a quadratic equation in a DS option, how do you decide?


in this case we need to make sure that one of the values of F would be negative. Since that is not possible , we know that there is only value for F.

The second equation reduces to f(f+6) = 2800. Its clear that one of them will be negative.



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