SOLUTION: The deli charges $4.50 for a salad weighing 3 pounds and $6.00 for a salad weighing 4 pounds. What EQUATION can be used to represent the cost of the salad, y, for x pounds of salad

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Question 1169698: The deli charges $4.50 for a salad weighing 3 pounds and $6.00 for a salad weighing 4 pounds. What EQUATION can be used to represent the cost of the salad, y, for x pounds of salad?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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(3, $4.50) and (4, $6.00)
slope is the cost change y per pound x or $1.50 per pound.
y=$1.50 x