The phrase "assuming a cost of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing hypothetical scenarios or calculations that involve a specific cost.
Example: "Assuming a cost of $100 per unit, we can project our total expenses for the project."
Alternatives: "given a cost of" or "considering a cost of".
This is assuming a cost of $2 per stick if you buy a four-pack from Woolies, though the actual cost of a stick when sold individually is almost always higher.
We calculated this by assuming a cost of $25 per metric ton of CO2 and used the EIA estimate for CO2 produced per unit of generated electricity in the United States.
In the following formula, assuming a cost of construction that equals 1, D R is calculated as the sum of the average Cr values reported in Table 4 multiplied by the extension of each damage level: D_{text{R}} = 5% *D_{1} + 20%*D_{2}} + 45% *D_{3} + 103% *(D_{4} + D_{5} ) Summing up, the building damage scenario was calculated at the municipal level.
Assuming a cost of $3.13, the incremental cost per life saved is $54 in Kenya and $59 in Tanzania.
The cost of enzymes for the 2G process was estimated based on figures from Novozymes assuming a cost of enzyme to be about 0.5 $/gallon ethanol produced from cellulosic material [ 48].
We examined the optimal level of compensation in hemizygous males by calculating the increase in fitness caused by increasing allelic expression by an amount c (table 1), assuming a cost of excessive flux captured by the parameter m (fig. 2).
"It appears that BP's shares are still assuming a cost for the accident of $55bn.
The Debtor's own five-year plan assumes a cost of debt at 6.2%.
This assumes a cost of thinning of $75 per acre, and also that grapes that fail to meet minimum standards would have had no salvage value.
Project number-crunchers must assume a cost of $5 per tonne of carbon dioxide in 2005-09, rising to $20 per tonne from 2010.
Governor Guinn, a Republican, said the prison system's food budget assumed a cost of $2.29 per inmate each day, while the amount budgeted for feeding wild horses was $2.50 per horse.
