(a)
\Write the linear equation that relates the amount
spent on advertising to the number
of boxes the company aims to sell.
Line equation in slope-intercept form is
,where
is slope and
is
-intercept.
Advertising expenditure of the company
-
boxes sold.
Advertising expenditure of the company
-
boxes sold.
Use the coordinates
to find the slope of the linear equation.
Formula for slope is
.


.
Find the
-intercept by substituting
in
.



.
Then the equation is
.
The linear equation is
.
(b)
\Advertising expenditure of the company when sell
boxes.
Substitute
in
.



needed to sell
boxes
(c)
\Slope is
.
Each additional box requires an additional
in advertising.
(a) The linear equation is
.
(b)
needed to sell
boxes.
(c) Each additional box requires an additional
in advertising.