You are an entrepreneur selling handmade kites. Your company Kites-R-Fun has been contacted by a customer in Alaska who wants to purchase several of your best-selling kites and wants you to ship them to her. 🪁You charge $4 per kite plus a flat rate of $8 to ship these items to Alaska. 🪁 Multiply the number of kites by 4 and add 8 to get the cost at Kites-R-Us. 🪁 #4. Fill in the table to find the total cost in terms of kites purchased. Kites Purchased Total Cost for Kites-R-Fun #5. Write an equation for the total cost, y, in terms of the number of kites purchased x:
Kites Purchased | Total Cost for Kites-R-Fun
----------------------------------------------
1 | $12
2 | $20
3 | $28
4 | $36
5 | $44
6 | $52
#5. Equation:
y = 4x + 8
explain
In the given scenario, the total cost at Kites-R-Fun consists of the cost of the kites purchased and the shipping cost.
For each kite purchased, the cost is $4. So, if x represents the number of kites purchased, the cost of the kites would be 4x.
The flat shipping rate is $8. Therefore, the total cost, y, in terms of the number of kites purchased x would be the cost of the kites ($4 per kite multiplied by the number of kites purchased) plus the flat shipping rate. This can be expressed as:
y = 4x + 8
This equation gives the total cost at Kites-R-Fun for any given number of kites purchased.