SOLUTION: Part 1 There is a budgeting issue within a car racing team. The total budget of the team was $8523.50. The first Driver, Richard, states that he has used three times the amount th

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Question 1197716: Part 1
There is a budgeting issue within a car racing team. The total budget of the team was $8523.50. The first Driver, Richard, states that he has used three times the amount the second Driver, Ben, has. How much money has Ben used? (Answer to the nearest cent.)

Part 2
Gisele runs a pizza restaurant. Each pizza has a cost of $3 and increases by $0.50 with every topping. Each pizza sells for a base of $2 and increases by $1 with every topping.
a. Write an equation to describe the relationship between:
i) the costs (C) and the number of toppings (t)
ii) income (I) and the number of topping (t)
b. Draw a graph to represent the costs and income for producing the plants.
c. How many toppings need to be sold to break even?
d. Check your answer to part C algebraically.

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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8523.50/4=2130.88 Ben used
3*2130.875=6392.63 Richard used
2130.88+6392.63=8523.51 Check slight error for rounding