Question

A carpenter bought some tools to build chairs. The cost of the materials for each chair was the same. The total cost y (tools and materials) to make x chairs is shown in the graph below. The cost of the tools was $_____ and the cost of materials for one chair was $________

Answer 1

100,25

Explanation:

Answer 2

Cost of tools: $100

Cost for each chair: $25

Explanation:

You can see that before 1 chair, the cost is at 100. This means that the cost of the tools is $100. Another way to determine this is to see that at 1 chair, the cost is $125. At 2, it's $150, and at 3 it's $175, etc. This tells you that the cost to produce each chair is $25, but it also tells you that the tools cost 100 dollars, since the total cost at 1 chair is $125, and each chair only costs $25.

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