Question

R.L. Paint Supply sells paint and various equipment to contract workers who remodel buildings. They sell five gallon buckets of paint for $34.65 each. A contractor who is remodeling a large office needs to purchase paint and a $430.11 paint sprayer for the project. To determine how much the contractor will charge the owner for the supplies, the contractor used the following function.

In this function x represents the number of five gallon buckets that will be needed. The contractor estimated that it would take 300 gallons of paint to paint the entire office building. How much money did the contractor charge the owner of the office building for supplies on this project?

A.
$1,648.89
B.
$10,825.11
C.
$2,509.11
D.
$9,964.89

Answer 1

\[C(x)=34.65x+430.11\]

Answer 2

@Shadow

Answer 3

\[C(300) = 34.65(300) + 430.11 = $10.825.11\]

Answer 4

Pretty simple :P

Answer 5

whaleden

Answer 6

\[$10,825.11\]

Don't know why there is a dot in that other one, lol