SOLUTION: Joseph and his friends are going to play putt-putt. At one location, they can pay $2.00 for rentals plus $7.50 per game. At another location, it would cost $8.00 for rentals plus $

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Question 1168443: Joseph and his friends are going to play putt-putt. At one location, they can pay $2.00 for rentals plus $7.50 per game. At another location, it would cost $8.00 for rentals plus $6.00 per game. Write an equation to show how many games they would have to pay in order for either location to cost the same amount.

Answer by Solver92311(821)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Let represent the variable cost for either situation, let represent the fixed cost for either situation and then let represent the quantity that causes the variable cost to change.

Write two Cost functions of the form:



Where representing the index number of the situation you are trying to model. Since you are interested in the value of that makes the costs equal, set the two right-hand sides equal to each other and solve for

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it


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