Question

Cameron is designing a calendar as a fund-raising project for math class. The cost of printing is $500, plus $2.50 per calendar. Write an equation in slope-intercept form that models the total cost of printing the calendars. Cameron estimates that the math class will sell 200 calendars. What will the total cost be?

Answer 1

The answer would be $1000 because individual calendars cost $2.50, so this cost multiplied by 200 calendars would be $500. After this step you add the initial cost of printing, $500, to get $1000.

Answer 2

let x be the number of calendars produced

2.50x + 500 = t (total used to make calendars)

2.50(200) + 500 = t

500 + 500 = t

t = 1000

The total cost will be 1000 calendars if they sell (or make) 200 calendars