Question

You star a pet grooming service. You spend $30 on supplies. You plan to charge $5 to groom each pet.
a) Write an equation to relate your profit (y) to the number of pets (x) you groom.
b) What are the (x) and (y) intercepts? Please HELP!!

Answer 1

Price = x(pets) + fixed cost

Answer 2

a. y=5x-30

Answer 3

The equation that you would need it use is this
f(x)=5x-30
NOTE --> f(x) is the same as y, but the correct term in this situation.
The x intercept would be -30, as you have negative 30 dollars when you have groomed no pets.
The y intercept would be 6, as when you have groomed 6 pets, you are no longer in debt, but you have not made any money.