Price of Rope
3 The amount a hardware store pays for buying nylon rope
is represented by the equation y = 0.12%, where y is the
price it pays for x feet of rope. The amount the hardware
store charges when selling the rope is represented by
the graph
The profit the store makes on the rope can be found by
subtracting the amount it charges for the rope from the
price it pays for the rope. If the store sells 80 feet of rope,
how much profit does it make on that rope?
Show your work.
y
A
1.80
1.60
1.40
ū1.20
8 1.00
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Length (ft)