Question

Amanda sells homemade birthday cakes for a profit of $39 per cake. She is considering switching to a new type of icing that will increase her profit, as expressed by the function y = 45x, where x is the number sold and y is the amount of profit.

How many more dollars will Amanda earn on each cake if she switches to the new material? Explain how you found your answer.

Answer 1

can u help me plz!!!!

Answer 2

@ash2326

Answer 3

@dan815

Answer 4

@Gabylovesyou

Answer 5

@ganeshie8

Answer 6

@Directrix

Answer 7

@Luigi0210

Answer 8

X is just the number of cakes sold., whereas y is the total profit. That leaves the constant as what each cake costs. So \(\large 45-39\) will give you the difference in how much more is earned.

Answer 9

okay..... so that would be the answer? lol

Answer 10

it would be 6?

Answer 11

Yup, she will earn $6 more dollars/cake if she switches to the new material ~

Answer 12

thanks so much!!!!

Answer 13

Anytime.

Answer 14

LOL. @kpop4life123 abviously it wuld be 6