SOLUTION: The Nelson family has discovered that the cost C of their family vacation is a constant k times the length d, in days, of the vacation added to the cost t of transportation to get
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Question 511789: The Nelson family has discovered that the cost C of their family vacation is a constant k times the length d, in days, of the vacation added to the cost t of transportation to get to and from their vacation spot, as shown by the function C(d) = kd + t. The Nelson family had to shorten their planned vacation by 3 days. How much less did the shortened vacation cost than the original planned vacation?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their original vacation was
Their shortened vacation was
The difference in cost is
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