Question

Carrie's Catering is having a special on their box lunches. The minimum purchase is 10 boxes for $70. Each additional box is $5. If x represents the number of boxes over the minimum, which of the following equations represents the cost of box lunches during this special?
y = 70 - 5x
y = 70x + 5
y = 5x + 70
y = 70x - 5

Answer 1

@Maddox1000

Answer 2

It will be appricated if you could help :)

Answer 3

10 boxes for $70. Each new box is $5 extra.

Answer 4

x=extra boxes.

Answer 5

I got it thank you :)

Answer 6

Any more?

Answer 7

Yes just one second

Answer 8

A box company completed a study to determine the number of boxes an old machine would produce in an hour. They determined that the old machine produced 280 boxes in 4 hours.

During its first day of operation, a new machine, after running a full 8 hours, produced 56 more boxes than the old machine would have produced in that time.

Which of the following is true about the new machine?

The equation y = 77x represents the production rate of the new machine.
The equation y = 84x represents the production rate of the new machine.
The new machine can produce 14 boxes an hour.
The new machine can produce 7 more boxes an hour than the old machine.
Submit

Answer 9

This a mulitple answer question

Answer 10

What is 56 divided by 8?

Answer 11

Its 7

Answer 12

Oh wait I messed up...

Answer 13

Its fine

Answer 14

Okay, so what is 280 divided by 4?

Answer 15

Its i think 70? right

Answer 16

Yes, now what's 70+56?

Answer 17

126

Answer 18

Messed up again, not too good at this. 280*2?

Answer 19

Haha its fine and its 560

Answer 20

@Paula14 ? You still there?

Answer 21

Oh

Answer 22

My internet is slow...

Answer 23

Yeah im still here haha and its fine

Answer 24

Old machine produced 560 boxes in 8 hours. New machine makes 56 more.

Answer 25

So what's 560+56?

Answer 26

Its 616

Answer 27

616 divided by 8?

Answer 28

Its 77

Answer 29

So we've eliminated C, because the new machine makes 77 boxes/hour.

Answer 30

Right

Answer 31

Now how many boxes did the old machine have again?

Answer 32

*make not have

Answer 33

I really dont know i apoligize

Answer 34

Old Machine=70 boxes/hour
New Machine=77 boxes/hour
What does this tell us?

Answer 35

Wait is this right? The old machine produced 70 boxes per hour. In 8 hours it would've 560 so in eight hours the new machine produced 616.

Answer 36

Here's what we have so far-
New Machine-70 boxes/hour
Old Machine-77 boxes/hour
To find boxes/hour you dived the boxes by the number of hours

Answer 37

D is one of your answers

Answer 38

A is the other

Answer 39

Did this help?

Answer 40

Thanks so much! :)

Answer 41

And now is the time I award you a random medal! :D

Answer 42

Haha thank you :)

Answer 43

No problem.