SOLUTION: You start a lawn mowing service. You spend $100 on supplies. You plan to charge $20 per lawn. Write an equation to relate your profit, y, to the number of lawns you mow.

Question 860227: You start a lawn mowing service. You spend $100 on supplies. You plan to charge $20 per lawn. Write an equation to relate your profit, y, to the number of lawns you mow.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You start a lawn mowing service. You spend $100 on supplies. You plan to charge $20 per lawn. Write an equation to relate your profit, y, to the number of lawns you mow.
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Let "P" be the profit.
Let "x" be the number of lawns you mow.
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P = 20x - 100
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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