A. The regular cost is 55 per person. Using the given variable definitions, that cost can be expressed as ...
y = 55x
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B. The party special cost is 46 per person, with an added fee of 45. That cost can be expressed as ...
y = 46x +45
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As you know, the cost of a purchase is the product of the cost of an item and the number of items. Here, the cost of entry is the cost of the item of interest, and the number of persons needing entry is the number of items. The party special has the addition item of a private room, so its cost is added to the total for the party special.
Since there is 10 flowers, that will be your denominator. 2 out of the ten flowers, so 2 is your numerator. There is 8 flowers left over and half of that is 4.
