SOLUTION: betty is selling pies at the county fair, she makes $222 selling 32 pies on friday. she makes $358 selling 48 pies on saturday. write a linear equation that represents betty's p

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Question 1150625: betty is selling pies at the county fair, she makes $222 selling 32 pies on friday. she makes $358 selling 48 pies on saturday.
write a linear equation that represents betty's profit (p) selling (x) number of pies.
what is the cost of the pies that betty is selling?
what does the x-intercept represent?
How many pies did betty sell if she made $162.50 on sunday?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Points (x,p) of a line are (32,222) and (48,358).

Using point-slope equation form, p-222=%28%28358-222%29%2F%2848-32%29%29%28x-32%29. Maybe you can continue from this. The slope is the price for one pie.