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Question 260737: Can someone help me with the following homework question I have to answer? Thank you.
A high school class wants to raise money by recycling newspapers. The class decided to rent a truck at a cost of $150 for the week. The market price for recycled newspapers is $15 per ton. Write an equation representing the amount of money the class will make based on the number of tons of newspaper collected. Explain what you did to get your answer.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, richwmiller:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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If we let t=number of tons of newspapers, then we can represent the amount of money collected as 15t (in dollars). So for example, if you collect t=5 tons of newspapers, then you will make 15%2A5=75 dollars. However, this does NOT factor in the cost of the rental truck. Is there more to this problem? Does it say somewhere how many weeks the truck is rented for?

Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=15x-150
For every ton (x) the class receives $15 but has to pay for the truck rental of $150 which is subtracted from the money received for the papers.
No matter how much or how little they gather from newspapers they still have to pay $150 for the truck.