Question

Mrs Travis want to have a clown deliver balloons to her secretaries office clowns are fun charges $1.75 per balloon and has six dollar delivery charge balloons charges $1.95 per balloon and two dollars per delivery for how many balloons is the cost the same for each company what is the cost

Answer 1

When 20 balloons are ordered, the cost is the same for each company.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of balloons for which the cost is the same for each company, we need to set up an equation.

Let x be the number of balloons.

The cost for Clowns Are Fun is given by 1.75x + 6 (1.75 dollars per balloon plus 6 dollars delivery charge).

The cost for Balloons is given by 1.95x + 2 (1.95 dollars per balloon plus 2 dollars delivery charge).

To find when the costs are equal, we set up the equation:

1.75x + 6 = 1.95x + 2

Now, we can solve for x to find the number of balloons:

6 - 2 = 1.95x - 1.75x

4 = 0.2x

x = 20

Therefore, when 20 balloons are ordered, the cost is the same for each company.