Question

1) The owner of a bakery sells cookies and coffee each week to his community. He makes $3 on each cookie that

he sells plus $1000 on cups of coffee each week. The owner estimates his weekly profit using the equation
P= 3x + 1000. In this equation, x represents the number of
1) cookies sold per week
2) cups of coffee sold per week
3) cost of making the cookies
4) hours worked per week

Answer 1

The variable x in the equation P = 3x + 1000 represents the number of cookies sold per week.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the equation P = 3x + 1000, where P represents the weekly profit of the bakery, x represents the number of cookies sold per week.

This is because the bakery makes $3 on each cookie, so the term 3x indicates the total earnings from cookies.

The $1000 added represents the weekly earnings from selling cups of coffee, which is a fixed amount regardless of the number of cups sold.