Question

Mr. Jameson has an apple orchard on his farm. He hires his daughter, Rachel, to pick apples and offers her two payment options:

Option A: $1.50 per bushel of apples picked

Option B: 1 cent for picking one bushel, 3 cents for picking two bushels, 9 cents for picking three bushels, and so on, with the amount of money tripling for each additional bushel picked

HELP ASAP

Answer 1

Answer:

Part A: f(x) = 1.50x/g(x) = 0.01(3)^x-1

Part B: Option A:  $9 

Part C: Option B:  $1,771.47

Part D: The eighth bushel picked is when the exponential function exceeds the linear function.

Step-by-step explanation:

Part A: Write a function to model each option.

Option A:  f(x) = 1.50x, where x is the number of bushels of apples picked

Option B: g(x) = 0.01(3)^x-1, where x is the number of bushels of apples picked.

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Part B: If Rachel picks six bushels of apples, which option should she choose?  

Option A:  $9    Option B:  $2.43   

Option A is better since what the number is would be higher.

1.50x6 = 9. If I were to do the same for option b, option a would end up higher.

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Part C: If Rachel picks twelve bushels of apples, which option should she choose?  

Option A:  $18 Option B:  $1,771.47

After calculating both of them by multiplying by 12 for each, option B ends up to be much better.

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Part D: How many bushels of apples does Lucy pick to make option B better for her than option A?

The eighth bushel picked is when the exponential function exceeds the linear function.