Problema Solution
1. fun times amusement park charges a $7 admission fee plus $1.75 per ride
a: write an equation in intercept form for clculating the total cost, C, of going to the park and riding r rides
b: graph your equation from 1a. How are the $7 admission fee and the $1.75 cost per ride shown in the graph
c: Nicole goes to the park with $21. How many rides can she go on?
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'r' represent the number of rides
the equation would be: C = 7 + 1.75r
if Nicole has $21, the number of rides would be:
21 = 7 + 1.75r
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r = 8
Nicole can go on 8 rides.