standard_description: Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities (e.g., use millimeters per year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated by technology.
problem_activity: Task
DVDs can be made in a factory in New Mexico at the rate of 20
DVDs per \$3, but the factory costs \$80,000 to build.
If they make 1 million DVDs, what is the unit cost per
DVD?
DVDs can be made in a factory in Colorado at the rate of 10
DVDs per \$1.50, but the factory costs \$100,000 to build.
If they make 1 million DVDs, what is the unit cost per
DVD?
How much can a buyer save on a million DVDs by buying
DVDs from  New Mexico instead of DVDs from Colorado?
Find an equation for the cost of making $x$ number of DVDs
in the factory in New Mexico.
Find an equation for the cost of making $x$ number of DVDs
in the factory in Colorado.


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