Farmer McHenry is going to sell his tomatoes at the farmer’s market. It costs Farmer McHenry $2.50 in gas, $1 for the stand, and $0.50 for price tags. Farmer McHenry is going to sell his tomatoes for $0.50 each.

What expression is equivalent to the total cost for Farmer McHenry to sell his tomatoes at the farmer’s market?

What expression is equivalent to the money he will make if t represents the number of tomatoes he sells?

How many tomatoes must he sell so that the cost equals the money made from sales?

Question

Farmer McHenry is going to sell his tomatoes at the farmer’s market. It costs Farmer McHenry $2.50 in gas, $1 for the stand, and $0.50 for price tags. Farmer McHenry is going to sell his tomatoes for $0.50 each.

What expression is equivalent to the total cost for Farmer McHenry to sell his tomatoes at the farmer’s market?

What expression is equivalent to the money he will make if t represents the number of tomatoes he sells?

How many tomatoes must he sell so that the cost equals the money made from sales?

namffohnede · Answer

The first part would be y=0.5x+4

Yggdrasil · Answer

assuming price tags are not per tomato and just a single initial purchase
C = -4
P = 0.5t

C = P at 8t
needs to sell 8 tomatoes assuming we've interpreted the question right