Jane is organizing a fundraiser to buy a ping-pong table for the community center. The table costs $500.00. Jane is asking contributors to pay for an equal share of the cost of the table. She already has five contributors lined up. What function models the cost per share, C, with respect to the number of contributors, n? How many contributors must Jane recruit in order for the cost of each share to be $20.00?

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Phoenix Lynn

22 June, 05:17

Jane is organizing a fundraiser to buy a ping-pong table for the community center. The table costs $500.00. Jane is asking contributors to pay for an equal share of the cost of the table. She already has five contributors lined up. What function models the cost per share, C, with respect to the number of contributors, n? How many contributors must Jane recruit in order for the cost of each share to be $20.00?

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Johan Pratt · Answer 1

1. The cost per share, C, with respect to the number of contributors, n is equal to

C = 500 / n

From the given above,

C = 500 / 5; C = 100

2. Let n be the numbers of the contributors and the equation becomes,

20 = 500 / x

The value is x is equal to 25.