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.

Question

anonymous · Answer

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 clean 7 mattresses?

mertsj · Answer

Let x be the charge per mattress
Let y be the charge for x mattresses
Company A:  y = 30x+13

mertsj · Answer

Now you write the equation for company B

anonymous · Answer

Whoa wait I'm confused.

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anonymous · Answer

Thanks

chris911 · Answer

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