SOLUTION: lamar is buying jelly beans for a party he can buy them in bulk for three dollars define a variable write a function rule that relates the total cost of the jellybeans to the numbe

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Question 1007388: lamar is buying jelly beans for a party he can buy them in bulk for three dollars define a variable write a function rule that relates the total cost of the jellybeans to the number of pounds he buys
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call his total cost, in dollars, C.
Call the number of pounds he buys, p.
Then C = 3p or in function notation C(p) = 3p