SOLUTION: What is the equation that will fit the following information. Gail is raising money by selling popcorn. She rents a cart for 40.00 a day. She sells each box for 1.25 but her exp

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Question 605513: What is the equation that will fit the following information. Gail is raising money by selling popcorn. She rents a cart for 40.00 a day. She sells each box for 1.25 but her expenses for each box is .55. I think this is a y=mx + b equation but I am not sure. Can you help?
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What is the equation that will fit the following information.
Gail is raising money by selling popcorn. She rents a cart for 40.00 a day.
She sells each box for 1.25 but her expenses for each box is .55.
:
let x = no. of boxes sold
y = amt of money raised
:
y = x(1.25-.55) - 40
y = .70x - 40