In a college meal plan you pay a membership fee, then all of your meals are at a fixed price per week. If 20 meals cost $152 and
60 meals cost $312 , answer the following questions: a) Write a formula for the cost of a meal plan, C , in terms of the number of meals, n .
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b) What is the membership fee? $
c) What is the price per meal? $
d) Find the cost for 40 meals. $
e) Find n in terms of C . =
f) Finally, use your answer in part (e) to determine the maximum number of meals you can buy on a budget of $300. Maximum number of meals implies if you find that n = 3.9, then you can buy a maximum of 3 meals. You must truncate any decimal solutions (which is different from rounding).
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