Answer:
1. x = 14
2. (14, 115.18)
3. If the cost was 115.18 dollars, then the number of rooms cleaned was 14.
Step-by-step explanation:
The goal of this exercise is to teach you how to create formulas for story problems and substitute variables in equations to find solutions.
To do the first question, you simply have to make the equation from the story problem.
These equations are usually in the slope intercept form, y = mx + b
C(x) is the same as y, so begin by replacing it for simplicity.
If x represents the number of rooms cleared, that means that the cost for each room would be 7.87x. There's also a reservation fee of $5, which means your y-intercept is 5.
y = 7.87x + 5
Now we can substitute variables to solve the equation.
To find x when C(x) = 115.18, we substitute y for 115.18.
115.18 = 7.87x + 5
Subtract 5 from both sides:
110.18 = 7.87x
Divide both sides by 7.87:
14 = x
So we have our first answer. When C(x) = 115.18, x = 14.
The second answer can be easily completed. Ordered pairs are written as (x,y), so we substitute the variables for their values.
This means, as an ordered pair, the answer is (14,115.18).
The sentence would be "If the cost was 115.18 dollars, then the number of rooms cleaned was 14.
Hope this helped!
