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.
Your competitor, Windy Kites, sells the same kites, but charges half of your price. They charge a flat rate of $20 for shipping
Multiply the number of kites by 4 and add 8 to get the cost at Kites-R-Us.
Multiply the number of kites by 2 and add 20 to get the cost at Windy Kites.
1) Fill in the table to find customer costs from each seller.
2) You charge $4 per kite plus a flat rate of $8 to ship these items to Alaska.
Your competitor, Windy Kites, sells the same kites, but charges half of your price. They charge a flat rate of $20 for shipping
Let y represent the total cost and x the number of kites purchased.
2) Write an equation to represent the customer's total cost to purchase from Kit
4 answers
so Kites-R-Us charges 4x+8
Windy charges 2x+20
I don't see any tables here, but yo can now answer any questions (which did not deign to ask) about these costs
1. Fill in the table to find customer costs from each seller.
Kites Purchased | Total Cost for Kites-R-Fun | Total cost for Windy Kites |
0 8 20
1 12 22
4 16 42
7 20 62
10 24 82
2. Write an equation to represent the customer's total cost to purchase from Kite-R-Fun.
Y = 4x + 8
3. Write an equation to represent the customer's total cost to purchase from Windy Kites.
Y = 2x + 20
4. Based on your table, if the Alaskan customer wants to buy 4 kites, who charges the least?
Kites - R - Fun
5. If the Alaskan customer wants to buy 10 kites, who charges the least?
Windy Kites
6. (6, 32)
7. Looking at your graph, find the solution and explain what it means in this situation
This point represented where prices have intersected