Question

The county fair provides 2 prices for midway rides. Fairgoers can pay and $.75 per ride or they can pay $1.50 per ride. The graph represents the relationship between the number of rides, x, and the total cost fairgoers will pay, y, for the two different fair prices. У 35 30 25 20 Cost (5) 15 10 5 0 0 2 4 6 16 18 20 22 8 10 12 14 Number of Rides For what total cost are the number of rides the same at both fair prices?

Answer 1

The number of rides and the total cost for the rides becomes the same for the two cases at the point of intersection of the graphs.

The graphs intersect when the number of rides, x=20 and the total cost y=$30.

So, the total cost is the same for the same number of rides 20 when the fair price is $30.