Because tax is an additional charge to the original amount therefor it is simply an increase
Pick an x-value between the interval givens. I’ll choose “1”. If you sub in one for both f(x) and g(x) you get that f(1) = -1.5 and g(1) = -0.5. Now you can divide f(1) by g(1) to get average rate of change. -1.5/-0.5 = 3.
To answer the question, you need to determine the amount Mr. Traeger has left to spend, then find the maximum number of outfits that will cost less than that remaining amount.
Spent so far:
... 273.98 + 3×7.23 +42.36 = 338.03
Remaining available funds:
... 500.00 -338.03 = 161.97
The cycling outfits are about $80 (slightly less), and this amount is about $160 (slightly more), which is 2 × $80.
Mr. Traeger can buy two (2) cycling outfits with the remaining money.
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The remaining money is 161.97/78.12 = 2.0733 times the cost of a cycling outfit. We're sure he has no interest in purchasing a fraction of an outfit, so he can afford to buy 2 outfits.
Let x = amount of 70% juice we use.
Then 60-x = amount of 85% juice we'll use.
We'll set up an equation that is based on how much pure juice comes from each component and how much we need in the final mixture.
So 70% of x plus 85% of (60-x) must equal 80% of 60, or...
0.7x + 0.85(60-x) = 0.8(60)
0.7x + 51 - 0.85x = 48
-0.15x + 51 = 48
-0.15x = -3
x = 20
Then 60 - x = 60 - 20 = 40
Check: 70% of 20 pints = 14 pints of pure juice.
85% of 40 pints = 34 pints of pure juice
That's 48 pints of pure juice in the mix, which matche 80% 0f 60 pints.
You'd need 20 pints of the 70% juice and 40 pints of the 85% juice.
