Question

Jason wants to earn money by raking leaves. He buys a rake that costs $20.00. He plans to charge $6.00 for each

lawn that he rakes. (A-CED.2)
A. Write an equation to represent P, the amount of Jason's profit, if the number of lawns he rakes is r.
B. Use your equation to calculate the amount of profit Jason will make if he rakes 15 lawns.

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Answer 1

The equation would be 6r-20... If he raked 15 lawns, his profit would be $70

Explanation:

For B. plugin 15 where r is... then multiply that by 6... which will get us 90. Then subtract the $20 rake fee and we get a profit of 70 dollars. Hope this helps!