Question

two different ski resorts are checked to find the best deal for ski lessons. super ski charges $4300.00 for 12 hours of lessons for 12 days during December through February. mosnter Ski offers lessons for4 424.00 per hour. super ski is 10 miles from your home, and monster Ski is 15 miles. it will cos $4.27 per mile to drive to the lessons. which would be the least expensive for 12 lessons- 1 lesson per day?
please help :)))))

Answer 1

You need to calculate how much it would cost you to take ski lessons at each place. The costs. The cost for each place would equal the cost for the lessons plus the transportation costs to drive to the ski place on each of 12 days. The transportation cost equals the cost per mile times the distance driven. Can you write an equation for the cost to take ski lessons at Super Ski?

Answer 2

umm no i cant write a eqation for the cost im going to need guidence

Answer 3

i think you just did it yourself

Answer 4

Okay, then can you write the equation for the costs for Monster Ski?

Answer 5

umm let me see what i can do... its goanna be the same format for the super ski right?

Answer 6

huh???? wait slow down let me write out the equtaion first before you bring up sumn else

Answer 7

24.00+15+15*1/per hour*9.27/mile)

Answer 8

that 9 was a accident . the driving cost is $.27

Answer 9

ughhh this is very confusing

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

Okay to calculate the costs we need to write the equations for Super Ski and Monster Ski.

Super Ski = (lesson charge) + (transportation charge)
Monster Ski = (lesson charge) + (transportation charge)

What is the lesson charge for Super Ski?

Answer 12

nooo stilll help me please lol im just making room so i can ask another question while im getting help on this one

Answer 13

What is the lesson charge for Super Ski?

Answer 14

300 for 12 hours

Answer 15

I thought it was $4300? Pretty expensive, huh? $300 makes more sense.

Answer 16

lol yeah just another typo

Answer 17

So the lesson charge for Super Ski is $300. Okay, what is the transportation costs for Super Ski?

Answer 18

.27 for 10 miles to your home and 10 miles back

Answer 19

Right. So ($0.27)(10+10) is the cost for driving to and from Super Ski for one lesson. You are taking 12 lessons so transportation costs for Super Ski is ($0.27/mile)(20 miles/lesson)(12 lessons). So the total cost for the Super Ski lessons are given by\[C _{Super Ski}= 300+(0.27)(20)(12)\]Does that make sense?

Answer 20

yess it really does

Answer 21

Great. Okay. What are the lesson costs for Monster Ski?

Answer 22

ummmmm hold up wait a minute whered you get that 20 from?

Answer 23

20 miles is how many miles you travel a day for lessons at Super Ski (10 miles to plus 10 miles home or 20 miles total)

Answer 24

ohhhh okay well 24,00+(0.27)(20)(12)

Answer 25

Close. For Monster Ski, the distance you have to travel for each lesson is 15 miles there and 15 miles home or 30 miles a lesson. Also Monster Ski charges $24/hour for a lesson. You have to multiple the hourly charge by 12 because you are taking lessons. So the costs for Monster Ski will be given by\[C _{Monster Ski}=(24)(12) + (0.27)(30)(12)\]Does that make sense?

Answer 26

huhh can you show me?

Answer 27

I'm sorry. I think I confused you. All I meant was that Monster Ski charges $24 for a one hour lesson. You are taking 12 one-hour lessons, so the lesson charge for lessons at Monster Ski = ($24/lesson)(12 lessons). The transportation costs for Monster ski = ($0.27/mile)(30 miles/lesson)(12 lessons). So the total costs for Monster Ski are given by \[C _{Monster Ski}=(24)(12) + (0.27)(30)(12)\]

Answer 28

Does this make sense?

Answer 29

Do you need any more help on this?