SOLUTION: 14. The sale price of shrimp at a local grocery store is $1.15 for the first ounce and $0.95 for each additional ounce. Which function rule shows how the cost of shrimp, y, depen

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Question 878395: 14. The sale price of shrimp at a local grocery store is $1.15 for the first ounce and $0.95 for each additional ounce. Which function rule shows how the cost of shrimp, y, depends on the number of ounces, x? (1 point)
a)y = 1.15x + 0.95
b)y = (0.95 + 1.15)x
c)y = 0.95x + 1.15
d)y = 0.95(x – 1) + 1.15
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Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
which one has 1.15 only once?
which subtracts the one ounce from x so that it is charged only once?
answer a is backwards
answer b charges 2.10 for each ounce
answer c charges twice for the first ounce
answer d gets it right