20 points Copper Creek Pizza is having a special. If you order a large pizza for the regular price of 17 dollars you can order any number of additional large pizzas for 8.50 dollars each

a) Complete the table to show the cost of ordering up to 4 large pizzas

Number of Large Pizzas: 1 | 2 |3 | 4
Total Cost:

b) Write an explicit and a recursive rule for the cost of placing an order for n large pizzas

c) What is the cost of placing an order for 20 large pizzas

d) Five people each make an order for 3 large pizzas. How much money would they have saved if they placed one order for 15 pizzas? Explain

Respuesta :

a. your equation would be 17 +  8.50X 

number of additional large pizzas         equation          cost
                         1                              17 + 8.50(1)         $25.50
                         2                              17 + 8.50(2)         $34.00
                         3                              17 + 8.50(3)         $42.50

b. will get back to you

c.  17 + 8.50 (20) = 187    $187

d. $34 X 5 = $170       17 + 8.50 (14) = $136    170 - 136 =  $34 saved