Answer: f(t) = 2.4t - 500
Explanation:
So first of all, we need how much she actually profits from each taco. She charges $3.25 per taco, but we cannot forget that it is not free to make a taco in the first place. It costs her $0.85 to make a taco. This means we have to subtract the 85 cents from the 3 dollars 25 cents, which means it ends up being $2.40, or as the answer choices have it, 2.4.
So now we know what the number of tacos is being multiplied by: 2.4.
2.4t is now the profit per taco multiplied by the number of tacos.
But we're not quite done yet.
She has a fixed expense of $500 a month, which means this has to be subtracted from her taco profits to find her true profit.
Putting all of this together, we get f(t)=2.4t - 500.
(t)= (profit per taco)(amount of tacos sold) - (fixed expenses)