Question - The Colony Sausage Company produces one of the best sausage products in Texas. The company's controller analyzed the following from the accounting records:
1. Meat costs the company $4.25 per pound of sausage produced.
2. Direct labor costs are $3.25 per pound of sausage produced.
3. Supervisory salaries total $33,000 per month.
4. Utility costs of $12,000 per month plus $0.45 per pound of sausage produced.
5. Insurance and property taxes average $10,000 per month.
Required: Write a formula to express the behavior of the firm's production costs.