Comparing Costs

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y=50x+60.

What is the INITIAL COST (y-intercept) of Location A?

• 50

• 60

• 1

• 110

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x+60.

What does "50x" likely represent?

• 50 dollars PER month

• 50 dollars to start

• 50 locations

• 50 locations per month

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x + 60.

What is the slope (rate of change)?

• y

• 50

• 50x

• 60

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location B, cost is represented by y = 100x+10.

What is the INITIAL COST (y-intercept) of Location B?

• 100

• 10

• 1

• 1000

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x + 60.

At Location B, cost is represented by y = 100x + 10.

Which location has a higher INITIAL cost?

• Location A

• Location B

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x + 60.

At Location B, cost is represented by y = 100x + 10.

Which location has a higher MONTHLY cost (slope)?

• Location A

• Location B

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x + 60.

At Location B, cost is represented by y = 100x + 10.

What does x represent in this problem?

• Number of months

• Number of Locations

• Cost

• Dollars

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x + 60.

At Location B, cost is represented by y = 100x + 10.

What does y represent in this problem?

• Number of Months

• Cost

• Locations

• Number of Years

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x + 60.

At Location B, cost is represented by y = 100x + 10.

After 2 months, which has a higher cost?

• Location A

• Location B

Your business is choosing between 2 locations.

At Location A, cost is represented by y = 50x + 60.

At Location B, cost is represented by y = 100x + 10.

At which number of months (x) will the locations have the SAME COST?

• 1 month

• 2 months

• 3 months

• 4 months