Question

A contractor is setting up new accounts for the local cable company. She earns $75 for each customer account she sets up. Which expression models this situation, and how much will she profit if she sets up 8 customers? (The variable c represents the number of customers.) Question 4 options: A) c – 75; $9.78 B) 75c; $600 C) c + 75; $600 D) 75/c; $9.78

Answer 1

d

Explanation:

75/c; $9.78

Answer 2

B

Explanation:

The contractor gets $75 for every single customer she sets up. Okay, so if she sets up 1 customer, she gets $75, if she sets up 2, she gets $150 and so on.

This is a multiplication expression since multiplication is just repeated addition, which is what is happening in this case, where the contractor gets $75 added to her account every time she sets another person up.

At this point you can just eliminate the other answer options except for B, so it is B.

But to double check... if you multiply 75 by 8, you would get $600, which is B.