SOLUTION: A pizza restaurant near a college uses the equation y equal 3.25x+4.25 to calculate the price of the pizza, y,with x number of topping.a pizza restaurant in a mall all Use the tabl

Question 1151427: A pizza restaurant near a college uses the equation y equal 3.25x+4.25 to calculate the price of the pizza, y,with x number of topping.a pizza restaurant in a mall all Use the table below to calculate the price of the same size pizza.
Toppings. Price
3 $13.50
5 $20.50
8 $31.00
Which statement is true?
A. The pizza restaurant near the college charges $0.25 more per topping.
B. The pizza restaurant in the mall charges $0.25 more per toppings.
C. The pizza restaurant near the college charges $0.50 more per toppings.
D. The pizza restaurant in the mall charges $0.50 more per toppings.
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, greenestamps:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A pizza restaurant near a college uses the equation to calculate the price of the pizza, ,with number of toppings. A pizza restaurant in a mall uses the table below to calculate the price of the same size pizza.

Toppings....|.... Price
...............|....$1....->pizza restaurant in a mall $ more
...............|....$....->same
...............|....$....->pizza restaurant near a college $more

so, if pizza restaurant near a college charges $ more and pizza restaurant in a mall charges $ more, means pizza restaurant near a college charges $ more per toppings

Which statement is true?
A. The pizza restaurant near the college charges $ more per topping.
.

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Tutor @MathLover1 takes a very long path to getting an answer; along the way her logic gets backward and she ends up with the wrong answer....

The given function for calculating the cost of a pizza at the restaurant near the college shows that the cost of each additional topping is $3.25.

The data for the pizza restaurant in the mall shows that the cost for each additional topping is $3.50: from 3 to 5 toppings, an increase of 2, the price increase is $7.

ANSWER: The pizza restaurant in the mall charges $0.25 more per topping.

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