Question

Question 5 (3 points) The soccer team is planning to sell health bars for a fundraiser. The prices of purchasing health bars from two different companies are represented by the system of equations shown, where x is the number of bars purchased and y is the total cost in dollars. Company A: y = 0.75x Company B: y = 10 + 0.50x How many bars would the team need to purchase from each company in order for the total cost to be equal?

Answer 1

the answer is 40 bars hope it helps

Answer 2

The correct answer is 40 bars.

In order to find this amount we have to find when the y values are worth the same. Since both equations are equal to y, we can set them equal to each other to find a time when the y values are the same.

Company A = Company B
.75x = 10 + .50x ---> Now subtract .50x from both sides.
.25x = 10 ---> Now divide both sides by .25
x = 40

When x = 40 it will cost $30 from both companies.