Question

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 $6 per kite plus a flat rate (one-time) of $10 to ship these items to Alaska. Multiply the number of kites by 6 and add 10 to get the cost at Kites-R-Us. Write an equation for the total cost, `y`, in terms of the number of kites purchased `x`:

Answer 1

To write the equation for the total cost \( y \) in terms of the number of kites purchased \( x \), we can follow the pricing structure you've provided.

The cost for the kites is $6 per kite, so if the customer buys \( x \) kites, the cost for the kites alone would be \( 6x \).

Additionally, there is a flat shipping rate of $10.

Thus, the total cost \( y \) can be expressed as:

\[ y = 6x + 10 \]

Here, \( y \) represents the total cost, \( x \) is the number of kites purchased, and the equation combines both the variable cost of the kites and the fixed shipping cost.