Question 151125
A high school class wants to raise money by recycling newspapers. The class decided to rent a trcuk 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 newspapers collected. Please explain how to do this problem!
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Income(x) = 15x - 150 where x is the number of tons of newspapers collected.
The equation says "the income for x tons will be $15 times the number of 
tons minus $150 for the cost of the truck".
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Cheers,
Stan H.