Two cargo ship captains at lunch argue over who does better business. Mal says, “I make $10 for every package I ship, plus a $70 fee.” Han replies, “Well, I make 4 times that much!”

Let R be the total revenue, and let x be the number of packages. If Mal and Han would stop fighting and work together, write an equation that shows how much money they would make as a function of x.

Question

Two cargo ship captains at lunch argue over who does better business. Mal says, “I make $10 for every package I ship, plus a $70 fee.” Han replies, “Well, I make 4 times that much!”

Let R be the total revenue, and let x be the number of packages. If Mal and Han would stop fighting and work together, write an equation that shows how much money they would make as a function of x.

anonymous · Answer

Part 2 
Complete the following sentence:

If they ship ______ packages, they will make $500. If they ship 10 packages, they will make $._______

misty1212 · Answer

HI!!

misty1212 · Answer

confused by this one as well? we can do it !

misty1212 · Answer

first guy makes $70 flat fee plus $10 a package, so if he ships $x$ packages he makes 
$$10x+70$$ dollars

misty1212 · Answer

since the other guy makes four times as much he makes 
$$4(10x+70)=40x+280$$ dollars

misty1212 · Answer

together you add them up 
$$10x+70+40x+280$$

misty1212 · Answer

you got how to add those?

anonymous · Answer

I see now thank you.

anonymous · Answer

50z + 350