Question

You are purchasing drywall for a remodeling job. Mike’s Drywall charges a delivery fee of $25 and charges $10 per

sheet. Jimbo’s Drywall charges a delivery fee of $50 but only charges $8 per sheet. How many sheets of drywall
would you have to order for the deals to be equal? How much would the charge be?

Answer 1

To make the deals equal, you would need to order 13 sheets of drywall. The charge would be $135.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many sheets of drywall need to be ordered for the deals to be equal, we need to set up an equation.

Let x be the number of sheets of drywall.

The total cost from Mike's Drywall is given by 10x + 25.

The total cost from Jimbo's Drywall is given by 8x + 50.

Setting these two expressions equal to each other, we get:

10x + 25 = 8x + 50

Subtracting 8x from both sides, we get:

2x + 25 = 50

Subtracting 25 from both sides, we get:

2x = 25

Dividing both sides by 2, we get:

x = 12.5

Therefore, to make the deals equal, you would need to order 12.5 sheets of drywall. However, since we can't order a fractional number of sheets, you would need to order 13 sheets of drywall. The charge would be 10*(13) + 25 = $135.

Answer 2

12.5 sheets; $150

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