Question

A student has a business selling snowballs during the summer. For each snowball the student sells, they makes a profit of $1.50. On the hottest day of the summer, the student sold 125 snowballs and made a profit of $187.50. Create a model in point slope form to represent the profit the student makes, y, based on the number of snowballs sold, x. Use mathematics to justify your answer.

Answer 1

y = $1.25x

Explanation:

Given that :

Profit made per sale = $1.50

Number of sales made on hottest day of summer = 125 ; Profit made = $187. 50

Let profit Made = y

Number of snowballs sold = x

Profit made = profit made per snowball sold * Number of snowballs sold

y = $1.25x

$187.50 = $1.25(125)