A company orders boxed lunches from a deli, which all cost the same price. The relationship between the number of boxed lunches ordered, xx, and the total cost in dollars of the lunches, yy, is represented by a graph drawn in the xy-plane.
If the point (2, comma, 122,12) lies on the graph, what does the ordered pair (2, comma, 122,12) indicate?
The ordered pair (2, 122.12) indicates that when the company orders 2 boxed lunches from the deli, the total cost is $122.12. Each component of the ordered pair has a specific meaning:
- The first number, 2, represents the number of boxed lunches ordered.
- The second number, 122.12, represents the total cost in dollars of those 2 lunches.
Since the graph represents a linear relationship between the number of lunches and the total cost (given that the cost of each boxed lunch is constant), we can determine the cost of a single boxed lunch by dividing the total cost by the number of lunches:
Cost per boxed lunch = Total cost / Number of lunches = 122.12 / 2 = $61.06
Therefore, each boxed lunch costs $61.06.
Answer choices:
12 lunches that cost a total of $2.00
12 lunches that cost $2.00 each
2 lunches that cost $12.00 each
2 lunches that cost a total of $12.00
My apologies for the earlier confusion. Based on the provided answer choices and the ordered pair (2, 122.12), none of the options exactly match the ordered pair given. However, if we correct the pair to (2, 12) for the sake of matching the answer choices, the correct interpretation would be:
2 lunches that cost a total of $12.00
This would align with the ordered pair (2, 12), where '2' is the number of boxed lunches and '12' is the total cost in dollars for those lunches. However, please note this is a correction to fit the provided answers and not based on the initial ordered pair (2, 122.12) you gave.
The ordered pair (2, 122.12) represents a data point on the graph. In this case, the x-coordinate of 2 indicates the number of boxed lunches ordered and the y-coordinate of 122.12 indicates the total cost of the lunches in dollars.
Therefore, it means that when the company orders 2 boxed lunches, the total cost of the lunches is $122.12.