Amy and ryan operate a car dealing and repair service. For a car detailing (full wash outside and inside. Amy charges 40$ and Ryan charges 50$ . In addition they charge a hourly rate. Amy charges $35/h and ryan charges $30/h. How many hours does amy and ryan have to work to make the same amount of money?
Set up the cost functions C(h) where h is the number of hours.
Amy:
C(h) = 35h + 40
Ryan:
C(h) = 30h + 50
To make the same amount of money, we set both C(h) functions equal to each other:
35h + 40 = 30h + 50
To solve for h, we type this equation into our search engine and we get:
h = 2
Set up the cost functions C(h) where h is the number of hours.
Amy:
C(h) = 35h + 40
Ryan:
C(h) = 30h + 50
To make the same amount of money, we set both C(h) functions equal to each other:
35h + 40 = 30h + 50
To solve for h, we type this equation into our search engine and we get:
h = 2