SOLUTION: The cost to rent the park was $1300 plus $2.50 per person for the snack bar fee. a) Create "Let Statements" to help you prepare to write an equation to model this relationship. H

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Question 1182543: The cost to rent the park was $1300 plus $2.50 per person for the snack bar fee.
a) Create "Let Statements" to help you prepare to write an equation to model this relationship. Hint: Let x represent... Let y represent...
b) Create an equation (in the form of y = mx + b; remember that “m” is the slope or rate and “b” is the y-intercept or flat fee) to represent this relationship.
c) Calculate the cost to rent the park if 300 people attended the fund raiser. Show all of your work for full marks. Write a therefore statement. Hint: x= 300.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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cost to rent the park was $1300 plus $2.50 per person for the snack bar fee
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y=2.5x%2B1300

Let x equal 300 and evaluate y.