Question

John sold 32 poster prints of his artwork in September for a total of $126. In October, he sold 48 prints of his artwork for $240. If the relationship between the number of poster prints and total earnings is linear, what was the cost per print expressed as a slope(# of posters sold, $posters sold for)?(complete sentence answer

Answer 1

Given:

In September, John sold 32 prints of his artwork for $126.

In October, he sold 48 prints of his artwork for $240.

To find:

The cost per print expressed as a slope.

Solution:

Let y be the cost of x prints.

The relationship between the number of poster prints and total earnings is linear.

In September, John sold 32 prints of his artwork for $126. So, the line passes through (32,126).

In October, he sold 48 prints of his artwork for $240. So, the line passes through (48,240).

Now, the slope of the line is

$m=\dfrac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

$m=\dfrac{240-126}{48-32}$

$m=\dfrac{114}{16}$

$m=7.125$

The slope of the linear function 7.125.

Therefore, the cost of per print is $7.125.