Question

You want to start a home delivery of giant two-toed sloth food. it costs $3 per pound plus a delivery fee of $5. Write an equation to show the cost of one delivery of X number of pounds of food

Answer 1

C(x) =5+3x

Step-by-step explanation:

Delivery fee = $5

Cost of delivery per pound = $3

Let the number of pounds delivered = x

An equation to show the cost of one delivery of X number of pounds of food will therefore be:

`\text{Cost}=5+3x`