Question

80. Suppose that it costs $5000 to start up a business selling snow cones. Furthermore, it costs$0.50 per cone in labor, ice, syrup, and overhead. Then the cost y in dollars to make x snowcones is given by the linear equationy = 0.50x + 5000.Express each of the following as an ordered pair.(a) When 100 snow cones are made, the cost is $5050.(b) When the cost is $6000, the number of snow cones made is 2000.

Answer 1

From the question;

y = cost of cones

x = number of cones

we are given the equation

$y=0.50x+5000$

We are to express in ordered pair

Odered pair is written in the form

$(x,y)$

A. When 100 snow cones are made, the cost is $5050.

This implies

x = 100, y =$5050

Hence in ordered pair we have

$(100,\text{ \ 5}050)$

B. When the cost is $6000, the number of snow cones made is 2000.

x = 2000, y = $6000

Therefore in ordered pair we have

$(2000,\text{ \ 6000)}$