SOLUTION: Two bookstores each fill catalog orders. Each store has identical prices for the books but they have different shipping and handling charges. Gaslight Bookstore charges a shipping
Question 731823: Two bookstores each fill catalog orders. Each store has identical prices for the books but they have different shipping and handling charges. Gaslight Bookstore charges a shipping fee of $3.00 per order plus $2.00 per book. Crime Scene Bookstore charges $5.00 per order and $1.50 per book.
a) For each bookstore, write an equation that describes how the shipping costs, y, relate to the number of books ordered, x. Then graph both equations on the same coordinate plane.
b) Describe the meaning of the intersection of the two lines on your coordinate plane.
c) Under what circumstances would you order books from Gaslight Bookstore? (Explain.)
d) Under what circumstances would you order books from Crime Scene Bookstore? (Explain.) Answer by lynnlo(4176) (Show Source):
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