Consider the following scenario.

The fee for an upcoming science camp is $50 per participant. The total cost of the camp, in dollars, is a function of the number of participants.

C = 50x where your input is the number of students (x) and your output is the total cost (C).

Select all the possible outputs (range values) for the cost function.

(3 points)
Responses

150
150

50
50

0
0

210
210

80

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 hours ago

To determine the possible outputs for the cost function \( C = 50x \), where \( x \) is the number of participants, we first note that \( x \) must be a non-negative integer (since you cannot have a negative number of participants).

The cost \( C \) will be calculated as follows:

  • If \( x = 0 \), \( C = 50(0) = 0 \)
  • If \( x = 1 \), \( C = 50(1) = 50 \)
  • If \( x = 2 \), \( C = 50(2) = 100 \)
  • If \( x = 3 \), \( C = 50(3) = 150 \)
  • If \( x = 4 \), \( C = 50(4) = 200 \)
  • If \( x = 5 \), \( C = 50(5) = 250 \)
  • And so on...

From this, we see that the outputs (costs) will be in increments of 50 starting from 0.

Now, examining the potential outputs provided:

  • 150: This is valid since \( C = 50(3) \).
  • 50: This is valid since \( C = 50(1) \).
  • 0: This is valid since \( C = 50(0) \).
  • 210: This is not valid since 210 is not a multiple of 50.
  • 80: This is not valid since 80 is not a multiple of 50.

Thus, the possible outputs (range values) from the given options are:

  • 150
  • 50
  • 0

So, the selected outputs are 150, 50, and 0.