Jake is comparing the prices of two mattress cleaning companies. Company A charges $30 per mattress and an additional $13 as ser
vice charges. Company B charges $28 per mattress and an additional $15 as service charges. Part A: Write equations to represent Company A's and Company B's total mattress cleaning charges for a certain number of mattresses. Define the variable used in the equations. (4 points)
Part B: Which company would charge less for cleaning 4 mattresses? Justify your answer. (3 points)
Part C: How much money is saved by using the services of Company B instead of Company A to clean 7 mattresses?
Part A: x is how many mattresses y is how much money in total Company A is (30*x)+13=y 133 Company B is (28*x)+15=y 127 Part B: Company B because the answer is 127 whereas Company A would charge 133. Part C: You would save $12 if you use Company B instead of Company A to buy 7 mattresses.
Hi there! An average person ate 200.8 pounds of meat, so we would multiply that number by 3 to see how much meat the family ate altogether. 200.8 * 3 is 602.4. There. A family of 3 would eat 602.4 pounds of meat in a year.
-->>0.77
--->>0.875