Question

T-Shirts & More Print Shop will print any image on a coffee mug for a cost of $2 per mug and a one-time charge of $12 to set up the mug design. You Say It, We Print It will print any image on a mug for a cost of $5 per coffee mug and no set-up fee. Which statement is true?

Answer 1

T-Shirts & More Print Shop is the better buy if you purchase more than four mugs.

Explanation:

T-Shirts & More Print Shop is the better buy if you purchase more than four mugs.

Let x be the number of mugs.

Cost = 12 + 2x

It will print any image on a mug for a cost of $5 per coffee mug and no set-up fee.

Cost = 5x

Cost of print is less than buy.

`12+2x<5x`

`12<3x`

`4<x`

Therefore, the true statement is "T-Shirts & More Print Shop is the better buy if you purchase more than four mugs".

Answer 2

T-Shirts $ More Shop: Final cost = 2m + 12

m = mug

You Say It, We Print It: Final Cost = 5m

If you buy 5 mugs from both place:

2 * 5 = 10

10 + 12 = 22

$22 for T-Shirts & More

5 * 5 = $25

$25 from You Say It, We Print It

D. T-Shirts & More is the better buy if you buy more than 4 mugs.