Alisha wants to purchase large custom-made bumper stickers to advertise her business. Two websites offer different deals:
Alisha wants to purchase large custom-made bumper stickers to advertise
her business. Two websites offer different deals:
Website A: Pay a fee of $100.00, plus $0.40 per bumper sticker
or Website B: Pay a fee of $68.50, plus $0.55 per bumper sticker
(a) State an equation that represents Website A’s total charge Afor an order of xbumper stickers.
(b) State an equation that represents WebsiteB’s total charge Bfor an order of xbumper stickers.
(c) Alisha wants to purchase 120 custom-made bumper stickers, as cheaply as possible. At which website should she place her order? Show work/explanation and state your answer.
(d) For what number of bumper stickers x is the total charge exactly the same for both websites? show appropriate equation, show algebraic work to solve for the answer, and state the final result.
(e) (work not required to be shown for this part) Suppose we want to find out: For what number of bumper stickers is Website Athe better choice for Alisha rather than Website B?
Choose the appropriate inequality to solve: Choose A< B or choose A> B. Choice: ________
Fill in the blanks:
WebsiteAis the better choice for Alisha if ____(choose lessor more) than______ (enter number)bumper stickers are ordered.