Question

Marco and his two younger sisters would like to purchase a silver charm bracelet for their mother's birthday. They went to the mall and found what they were looking for at Store A. In Store A, the bracelet without charms costs $85 and each charm costs $15.

Use function notation that models the total price of the bracelet and how that price is based on the number of charms. Explain the reasoning behind your equation.

Answer 1

how many charms do they need?

Answer 2

5.6 ?

Answer 3

@Lucinda12345

Answer 4

85+15x, where x is the number of charms.

Answer 5

yes that is correct @Takashi

Answer 6

1 charm=100
2 charms 115
3 charms 130 and so on and so forth.

Answer 7

And thank you.
@Sparklestaraa

Answer 8

Oops @Lucinda12345

Answer 9

oh ok that makes sense but how do i use function notation that models the total price.

Answer 10

@Takashi

Answer 11

You plug in however many charms the guy is buying instead of x. Say he was buying five. The problem would be 85+15*5.

Answer 12

Which would be 160.

Answer 13

and thats the function notion ohh i thought function notation was f(x)=

Answer 14

@Takashi

Answer 15

That too. But thats more advanced algebra. brb.