Question

Customers can pick their own berries at the gooseberry farm. They pay $3 to entree the farm and $2.50 per pound for the berries they pick. Write an equation to model the total cost, Y, for x pounds of berries

Answer 1

well that's simple 2.50x+3.00=y

Answer 2

Given Statement about Gooseberry farm:

Customers pay $3 to entree the farm and $2.50 per pound for the berries they pick.

To Find: An equation to model the total cost, Y, for x pounds of berries.

Solution:

Total Cost = Entree Fee inside the farm + (x) × $2.50 per pound for the berries they pick.

→Y= $3 + $2. 50 x→→It is a linear equation in two Variables. Here x is amount of Berries per pound picked by customers.x=0,1,2,3,4.....(Whole Numbers)