document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1162562>Question 1162562</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A customer spends $75 on sliced cheese. he also wants to donate $1 to a children's charity that the grocery store is promoting.what equation gives the customer's cost y per pound of cheese as a function of total number of pounds x of cheese the customer receives?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.y=75/x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. y=75/x, +1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. y=75/x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. y=75/x,-1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "None of the answer choices matches the described problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If he spends $75 on cheese and he buys x pounds of cheese, the formula for the cost per pound of the cheese is y = 75/x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The $1 he donates to charity has nothing to do with the cost of the cheese.  The problem says the $75 was spent on cheese.  The $1 is IN ADDITION TO the $75, it is NOT PART OF that $75.<br><BR>\n" );
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