Question

Jimmy will be selling hot dogs at a football game. he bought hot dogs, buns, and condiments for a total of $8 and wants to calculate how many hot dogs he has to sell to make a profit. he graphs the profit he will make, (P), as a function of the number of hot dogs sold, (n).complete the following sentences based on the graph of the function.*as jimmy sells more hot dogs, his profit will (increase, decrease or remain constant).* Jimmy sells the hot dogs for $___ each.* Jimmy needs to sell ___ hot dogs to recover the money he invested.* if jimmy sells 15 hot dogs, he will make $___ in profit.*to make $12 in profit, jimmy would have to sell ___ hot dogs.

Answer 1

as JIMMY SELLS more dogs HIS profit will increase

Jimmy sells teh hot dogs for $1 each one because the slope of the grpah is 1

Jimmy needs to sell 8 hot dogs to recover the money he invested because is when the line touches the x-axis or 0 profit

If Jimmy sells 15 hot dogs, he will make $7 in profit ebcause the point of the line for x=15 is (15,7)

To make $12 in profit, Jimmy sould have to sell 20 hot dogs, because the point if the line for y=12 is (20,12)