Question

What does the constant term in the above expression represent? A. The constant -10 represents the cost of setting up the food stall even if no cheeseburgers were sold. B. The constant -10 represents the maximum number of cheeseburgers sold by the food stall at the funfair. C. The constant -10 represents the total money earned by setting up the food stall. D. The constant -10 represents the cost of each cheeseburger at the food stall.

Answer 1

In the expression
`(60 \cdot x)/(x + 3) -10` what the constant term -10 represents is;

A. The constant -10 represents the cost of setting up the food stall even if no cheeseburgers were sold

Explanation:

Whereby the expression is as given in a similar question which is presented as follows;

`(60 \cdot x)/(x + 3) -10`

Where the expression represents the total money earned when a food stall is set up at a fair where 'x' stands for the number of cheeseburgers sold

Then when no cheeseburger were sold, x = 0, such at the start just after setting up the food stall, we then have;

`(60 * 0)/(0 + 3) -10 = -10`

Therefore, the money earned at the start = -10

∴ The money spent at the start = 10

Therefore, the constant -10 represents the cost of setting up the food stall even if no cheeseburgers were sold.