Answer
a) The average cost per machine is $110$ dollars.
b) The marginal cost is $80$ dollars.
c) See down for calculations and proof.
Work Step by Step
$$c(x)=2000+100x-0.1x^2$$
a) To find the average cost per machine, we divide the cost $c(x)$ by the number of machines $x$. Here, the average cost per machine of producing the first $100$ machines is $$\frac{c(100)}{100}=\frac{2000+100\times100-0.1\times100^2}{100}=\frac{11000}{100}=110(dollars)$$
b) The marginal cost is the derivative of the cost of producing $x$ washing machines $c(x)$. So we would call the marginal cost here $c'(x)$.
$$c'(x)=100-0.2x$$
The marginal cost when $100$ washing machines are produced is $$c'(100)=100-0.2\times100=80(dollars)$$
c) The cost of producing $101$ washing machines is $$c(101)=2000+100\times101-0.1\times101^2=11079.9(dollars)$$
The cost of producing $100$ washing machines is $$c(100)=2000+100\times100-0.1\times100^2=11000(dollars)$$
So, the cost of producing one more machine after $100$ machines have been made is $$c(101)-c(100)=11079.9-11000=79.9(dollars)$$
It is quite the same as the marginal cost when $100$ washing machines are produced.
