Question

Jacob sells homemade skateboard decks for a profit of $27 per deck. He is considering switching to a new type of material that will increase his profit, as expressed by the function y = 32x, where x is the number sold and y is the amount of profit.

How many more dollars will Jacob earn on each skateboard deck if he switches to the new material? Explain how you found your answer.

Answer 1

Hey

Answer 2

So we are given a situation where Jacob makes profit and is expressed as "profit of $27 per deck"
He then shifts to a new system where the equation y=32x drives his profit.
Can you work out the profit Jacob makes if he sell one deck in his new system?

Answer 3

I'm not sure

Answer 4

What does y represents in y=32x ?

Answer 5

y= amount of profit

Answer 6

and what does x represents?

Answer 7

the number sold

Answer 8

Which means we can rewrite the expression as
(Profit jacob receives)=32(number of decks sold)
Agree?

Answer 9

yes so the profit is 5