the acme widget company has $13,000 available for making widgets. part of the money is spent on an advanced widget-bending machine costing $1,000. the manufacturing cost for each widget is $3. how many widgets can be made with the money available?
13,000 - 1,000 = 12,000
12,000 / 3 = ?
To find out how many widgets can be made with the available money, we need to subtract the cost of the advanced widget-bending machine from the total available funds, and then divide the remaining amount by the manufacturing cost per widget.
Step 1: Subtract the cost of the advanced widget-bending machine from the total available funds:
$13,000 - $1,000 = $12,000
Step 2: Divide the remaining amount by the manufacturing cost per widget:
$12,000 / $3 = 4,000
Therefore, the Acme Widget Company can make 4,000 widgets with the money available.