Question

Sue buys a certain brand of cereal that costs $12 per box. Sue changes to a super-saving brand of the same size. The equation shows the price, y, as a function of the number of boxes, x, for the new brand.

y = 8x

Part A: How many more dollars is the price of a box of Sue's original brand of cereal than the price of a box of the super-saving brand? Show your work.

Part B: How much money does Sue save each month with the change in cereal brand if she buys 4 cereal boxes each month? Show your work.

Answer 1

@iGreen. help pls?

Answer 2

The original brand was $12 each, the new one is $8 each.

So what's 12 - 8?

Answer 3

That's all I needed help with, Thank you. :) I didn't know wheather I had to multiply or subtract. The answer is 4 :) @iGreen.

Answer 4

whether**

Answer 5

Yep, you got it.

Answer 6

What's B?