Hi there,
Recall how 7 packs for gum sell for $29.33.
Before we can calculate how much it would cost to sell 3 packs of gum, we must calculate how much it would first cost to sell 1 pack of gum.
The cost of 1 pack of gum is the current total cost divided by the total amount of gum packs you receive at that price.
In this case, the total cost is $29.33, and we receive 7 gum packs at that price.
Therefore, the cost of 1 pack of gum is
, which equates to $4.19.
We now know that each pack of gum costs $4.19.
Hence, 3 packs of gum would cost three times that price.

The cost of 3 packs of gum is $12.57.
Hope that helps!
A.
h(x)=3*5ˣ; h(0)=3, h(1)=15: rate of change is (15-3)/1=12 (1st section)
h(2)=3*25=75, h(3)=3*125=375: rate of change (375-75)/1=300 (2nd section)
b.
So the second section is 300/12=25 times greater than the first section.
The function is exponential and as x gets larger the difference between consecutive values of h(x) increases dramatically so the rate of change increases.
I’m pretty sure it’s a candle but I’m not 100% sorry if I’m wrong!!!
3 1/8 = 25/8
25 and 8 have no common factors, so 25/8 is in simplest form.