Question

Mary owns a small business. She spent $4,500 to get the business started. She has noticed that her monthly operating costs have been consistent. After five months, she has spent a total of $5,250 in start-up costs and monthly operating costs.

In a linear model of this situation, which of the following statements applies?

An additional month of business operation is associated with an additional $750 in costs.

An additional month of business operation is associated with an additional $500 in costs.

An additional month of business operation is associated with an additional $50 in costs.

An additional month of business operation is associated with an additional $150 in costs.

Answer 1

@sleepyhead314

Answer 2

hi

Answer 3

ill try

Answer 4

it should be the first one or 3

Answer 5

sleepy

Answer 6

@Vocaloid

Answer 7

step 1: minus the two given amounts of money
what would you get?

Answer 8

750

Answer 9

yay

Answer 10

then divide that by the number of months
to get "monthly"

Answer 11

i gt 750

Answer 12

150

Answer 13

150

Answer 14

its 150

Answer 15

so d

Answer 16

i thin sleepy

Answer 17

mhmm

Answer 18

yay

Answer 19

bye

Answer 20

thanks