Question

Can you help me with this?

Ms. Chen is planning to take her camp group on a field trip to Pottery Bayou where each person will create her own piece of art pottery. The regular cost is $20 per person. There is a group special that costs $10 per person with an additional $50 fee for a private room. Ms. Chen is trying to decide if she should use the regular price or the group special.

A) Write an equation to show the total cost of the regular price with x people.

Answer 1

Regular cost: `y=20x`
Group special: `y=10x+50`

Explanation:

Hey!

So the regular cost is $20/person, and if `x` is number of people, then cost is $20 times `x`.

`y=20x`

With the special price, we know each person is $10, but there is an additional rate of $50 which is always present with the cost of a private room. This means cost is $10 times `x` plus $50.

`y=10x+50`

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