Customers can pick their own pumpkins at The Great Pumpkin Patch. They pay $4 to enter the patch and $3 per pound for the pumpkins they pick. Write an equation to model the total cost, y, for x pounds of pumpkins.

a. y = 3 (x + 4)

b. y = 4x + 3

c. y = 3x + 4

d. y = x (4 + 3)

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Natalya Strong

20 January, 17:16

Customers can pick their own pumpkins at The Great Pumpkin Patch. They pay $4 to enter the patch and $3 per pound for the pumpkins they pick. Write an equation to model the total cost, y, for x pounds of pumpkins.

a. y = 3 (x + 4)

b. y = 4x + 3

c. y = 3x + 4

d. y = x (4 + 3)

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Jaylon Copeland · Answer 1

We are given with the costs: 4$ entrance fee and 3$ per pound of pumpkin picked. The total amount of costs is represented by the function: y = 4 + 3x where y is the total cost of a person entering the patch and x is the number of pounds of pupmkin bought.

Customers can pick their own pumpkins at The Great Pumpkin Patch. They pay $4 to enter the patch and $3 per pound for the pumpkins they pick. Write an equation to model the total cost, y, for x pounds of pumpkins.a. y = 3 (x + 4)b. y = 4x + 3c. y = 3x + 4d. y = x (4 + 3)

Customers can pick their own pumpkins at The Great Pumpkin Patch. They pay $4 to enter the patch and $3 per pound for the pumpkins they pick. Write an equation to model the total cost, y, for x pounds of pumpkins.

a. y = 3 (x + 4)

b. y = 4x + 3

c. y = 3x + 4

d. y = x (4 + 3)