Customers can pick their own blueberries any Blueberry Hill. They pay $5 to enter the patch snd $4 per round for the blueberries they pick. What is an equation to model the total cost, y, for x pounds of blueberries?

Answer 1

To model the total cost \( y \) for \( x \) pounds of blueberries picked at Blueberry Hill, we need to account for both the entry fee and the cost per round of blueberries picked.

1. The entry fee to the patch is $5.
2. The cost per pound of blueberries is $4.

The total cost can be expressed as:

\[ y = 5 + 4x \]

Where:

• \( y \) is the total cost,
• \( x \) is the number of pounds of blueberries picked.

So, the equation \( y = 5 + 4x \) models the total cost for picking \( x \) pounds of blueberries.