Question

Billy plans to paint baskets. The paint costs $14.50. The baskets cost $7.25. Write an equation that gives the total cost as a function of the number of baskets made. Determine the cost of 4 baskets

Answer 1

Let 'x' represent the number of baskets and let 'y' be the total cost.

Since the paint costs 14.50 and each basket cost 7.25, then we have the following function:

$y=7.25x+14.50$

To find the cost of 4 baskets, we can make x = 4 and solve for y:

$\begin{gathered} x=4 \\ \Rightarrow y=7.25(4)+14.50=29+14.50=43.50 \\ y=43.50 \end{gathered}$

therefore, the cost of painting 4 baskets is $43.50