Question

Mr. Khans is buying staplers for his office. Each stapler costs $16.99. Write a function to represent the situation.

Answer 1

16.99•x=
X stands for per stapler you buy and you times that but 16.99 and you get your answer

Answer 2

`C(x)=16.99x`

Explanation:

Let x be the number of staplers and C(x) be total cost in dollars of x stapler.

Cost of each stapler = $16.99

So, the formula for total cost is

Total cost = Cost of each units × Number of units

Substitute 16.99 for Cost of each units and x for number of units in the above formula.

Total cost =
`16.99* x`

Total cost =
`16.99x`

C(x) be total cost in dollars of x stapler. So, the cost function is

`C(x)=16.99x`

Therefore, the function C(x)=16.99x represents the given situation.