Question

Jake is comparing the prices of two mattress cleaning companies. Company A charges $30 per mattress and an additional $13 as service charges. Company B charges $28 per mattress and an additional $15 as service charges.
Part A: Write equations to represent Company A and Company B's total mattress cleaning charges for a certain number of mattresses. Define the variable used in the equations.

Part B: Which company would charge less for cleaning 4 mattresses? Justify your answer.

Part C: How much money is saved by using the services of Company B instead of Company A to cle

Answer 1

part c ;Part C: How much money is saved by using the services of Company B instead of Company A to clean 7 mattresses?

Answer 2

Let N be the number of mattresses to be cleaned and C be the total cost.

For company A:
C = 30N + 13
For company B:
C = 28N + 15

Answer 3

For cleaning 4 mattresses, put N = 4

Company A: C = 30 * 4 + 13 = $133
Company B: C = 28 * 4 + 15 = $127

Therefore, for cleaning 4 mattresses, Company B will charge less.

Answer 4

For part C, put N = 7 and calculate the total cost with Company A and Company B and find the difference.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

yw. For c) I I am getting $12 as the money saved in using Company B to clean 7 mattresses.