The manager of Extreme Video Games keeps track of the profits the company earned after releasing one of its latest games. During the first week, the game profits were $15,000. In the second week, the profits grew to $22,500. In the third week, profits held steady at $22,500, and in the fourth week, profits grew to $25,000. Using x to represent the week and y to represent the profits earned, create a mapping diagram to represent this relation.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
i dnt understand how to get the answer,
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
x=week so when x=1 i.e. first week, what is the profit (y)?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
15,000
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
So u got 1 pt (1, 15000) okay?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yup
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OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
How about the second pt for second week? Where would that be?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i dont get the question
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
OK for the second week, x=2 and y=profit for that week=?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
22,500
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
(2, 22500) right?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
yeah
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
I will let u do third n fourth week on ur own now :)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok
OpenStudy (anonymous):
x = 3 and y = profit for 3rd week which is 222, 2500
OpenStudy (anonymous):
correct?
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OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
So the third pt will be at where? Refer back the 1st n 2nd pt to get some idea...
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok, is it 245000
OpenStudy (anonymous):
im so bad at math im sorry
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
No need to say sorry...x=3 and y=?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
so is y 22,500 again since the profit held steady at 22500
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
???
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
Yup the third pt is (3,22500)
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
Show me the fourth point plz? :)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok, but first the third week is 3,22500 because its the 3rd week and the profit is 22500
OpenStudy (anonymous):
x=4 y = 4,25000
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
correct?
OpenStudy (superdavesuper):
Yes...now u just have to plot these 4 points on a graph n u are done!
OpenStudy (anonymous):
oh wow thank you so much
OpenStudy (anonymous):
now i understand sorry i put you through so much, But thankyouu