Concept explainers
(a)
To identify: The dependent and the independent variables. Also, write a function to represent the total cost of any number of people in the portrait.
(a)
Answer to Problem 9GP
A function to represent the total cost of any number of people in the portrait is as follows:
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Money spent by the Milligan family to have their portrait taken =
Cost of portrait package =
Sitting fee charged per person by the photographer =
Calculation:
Let total cost be c.
Let total number of people be x.
Since the total cost depends upon the number of people in the photograph, the total cost c is the dependent variable and the number of people x is the independent variable.
Sitting fee charged per person by the photographer =
A function to represent the total cost of any number of people in the portrait can be evaluated as follows:
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Function
(b)
To calculate: Number of people in the portrait using the equation found in part (a).
(b)
Answer to Problem 9GP
The number of people in the portrait is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Money spent by the Milligan family to have their portrait taken =
Cost of portrait package =
Sitting fee charged per person by the photographer =
Calculation: The number of people in the portrait is calculated as follows:
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