Carla and Brandon are members of two different magazine programs where any magazine ordered is the same price, regardless of the magazine ordered.

Carla pays $9.44 for 4 magazines, and she pays $21.24 for 9 magazines.

The equation below represents the amount of money Brandon pays for x magazines.

y = $2.87x

Who pays more per magazine?
A.
Brandon and Carla pay the same price per magazine.

B.
Carla pays more per magazine.

C.
Brandon pays more per magazine.

D.
There is not enough information to determine the price per magazine.

Respuesta :

C because 9.44 divided by 4 is 2.46

Brandon pays more per magazine

What is Linear equations ?

Linear Equation is an equation in which the highest power of the variable is always 1 .

From question it is given ,

Carla pays $9.44 for 4 magazines

Let cost of one magazine is '$m'

4 * m = $9.44

m = 9.44 /4 = 2.36

hence , Carla paid $ 2.36 for one magazine

In case of Brandon ,

from equation y = $ 2.87 x

it can be seen that he paid $ 2.87 per magazine

Hence , answer is c) Brandon pays more per magazine

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