Question

A law firm is going to designate associatesand partners to a big new case. The dailyrate charged to the client for each associateis $600 and the daily rate for each partner is$1200. The law firm assigned a total of 10lawyers to the case and was able to chargethe client $7200 per day for these lawyers'services. Graphically solve a system ofequations in order to determine the numberof associates assigned to the case, x, and thenumber partners assigned to the case, y.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanations:

The number of associates assigned to the case = x

The number of partners assigned to the case = y

The daily rate charged to the client for each associate = $600

The daily rate charged to the client for each partner = $1200

The total number of lawyers = 10

x + y = 10............(1)