Question

Customers can pick their own blueberries at Blueberry Hill. They pay $5 toenter the patch and $4 per pound for the blueberries they pick. Write anequation to model the total cost, y, for x pounds of blueberries.

Answer 1

Step1; Write out the parameters

`\begin{gathered} \text{entry fe}e=\text{ \$5} \\ \cos t\text{ of blueberries per pound=\$4} \end{gathered}`

Step2: Write out the variables

`\text{let y=total cost and x=number of bluerries}`

Step3: write out the model

`\begin{gathered} \text{The total cost=number of blueberries}*\text{\$}4+\text{ the entry fe}e \\ y=4x+5 \end{gathered}`

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