Modeling with Linear Equations 1 – Try the Skill

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Joe wants to publish and sell an 85-page book she wrote. He uses a self publishing
service. The price for his book is set up this way:
• The binding fee is $3.53 per book.
• The printing cost is $0.12 per page.
• Joe can set his commission to be any amount he wants.
• The bookstore's commission is 1/5 of Joe's commission.
All four items above are added to come up with the final price.
Write an equation for the final price (P) of the book in terms of the commission (c)
and graph the solution.

Let the commission by Joe per book be c. Since there are 85 pages in a book so the
printing cost per book will be:
Printing cost per book = 0.12 × 85 = $10.2
Total cost per book = printing cost per book + binding fee per book
= 10.2 + 3.53 = $13.73
Let the price after Joe’s commission be s. Thus, the equation becomes:
s = 13.73 + 13.73c
Now, the bookstore charges 1/5 of Joe’s commission. So the final equation for the
final price (P) becomes:

P = 13.73 + 13.73c +

Answer:

P = 13.73 + 13.73c +

Practice problems:

In the above question, if the binding fee is $10 per book, then write the
1
new equation for the final price.

In the above question, if the printing cost is $0.15 per page, then write the
2
new equation for the final price.

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