Luke buys a certain brand of cereal that costs $11 per box. Luke 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 = 9x

Part A: How many more dollars is the price of a box of Luke'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 Luke save each month with the change in cereal brand if he buys 6 cereal boxes each month? Show your work.

Question

Luke buys a certain brand of cereal that costs $11 per box. Luke 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 = 9x

Part A: How many more dollars is the price of a box of Luke'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 Luke save each month with the change in cereal brand if he buys 6 cereal boxes each month? Show your work.

dan815 · Answer

y=9*x
he is paying 9 dollars for each box now
so how many more dollars is the previous cereal box?

anonymous · Answer

2...@dan815 thanks!