Question

Two students, Student 1 and Student 2, did a hands-on mining exercise with cookies. The table below shows the costs of land, equipment, mining, and reclamation for the two students.

Students Cost of land Cost of equipment Cost of mining and reclamation Time taken to mine the area
1 ? $2 $2.00 per minute 5 minutes
2 $4 $5 $2.00 per minute 6 minutes
If Student 2's total cost of mining is $3 more than Student 1's total cost of mining, what is the cost of land for Student 1? (2 points)


$4.00

$6.00

$7.00

$9.00

Answer 1

Answer:$6

Explanation: if you do the math student 2 has a total cost of $21, and he has three more dollars in total of the cost. We know student 1 has spent $12 so far and he need to spend $18. 12+6=18 boom there you go it is $6.00