SOLUTION: Milk Problem: Handy Andy sells one-gallon cartons of milk (4 quarts) for $3.09 each and half-gallon cartons for $1.65 each. Assume that the number of cents you pay for a carton o

Question 107134: Milk Problem: Handy Andy sells one-gallon cartons of milk (4 quarts) for $3.09 each and half-gallon cartons for $1.65 each. Assume that the number of cents you pay for a carton of milk varies linearly with the number of quarts the carton holds.
a) Write the particular equation expressing price in terms of quarts.
b) If Handy Andy sold 3-gallon cartons, what would your equation predict the price to be?
c) The actual prices for pint cartons (1/2 quart) and one-quart cartons are $.57 and $.99, respectively. Do these prices fit your mathematical model? If not, are they higher than predicted or lower?
d) Suppose that you found cartons of milk marked at $3.45, but that there was nothing on the carton to tell what size it is. According to your model, how much would such a carton hold?
e) What doe the price-intercept represent in the real world?
f) What are the units of the slope? What real-world quantity does this number reprsent?
g) Sketch and label the graph.
Answer by Joeshie(9) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I have three things I am tired of:
1) People who don't show that they have tried. Where's your work showing you tried? Are you being lazy and just want to copy some answers?
2) You didn't acknowledge any appreciation. Why would anyone do anything for you if you would just write the problem without saying "please" or "thank you." Do you know how inconsiderate you are? And we don't get payed so being nice helps.
3) You put more than 4 problems on this problem even though this is multi-step.
Read the rules and everybody becomes happy.
Fix these and people will be more willing to help you, thank you very much.
Also,
E)(You spelled does wrong) This shows that buying in bulk is cheaper and that smaller quantities cost more per unit than bigger quantities.

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