The party store has a special on greetings cards. It charges $14 for 4 greeting cards and $1.50 for each additional card. Write an equation for the total cost of greeting cards in terms of the number of cards. Define your variables. What is the total cost of 9 greeting cards?

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Nelson Dickerson

30 March, 15:08

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Paloma · Answer 1

C=14 + 1.5 (x-4)

c = total cost

x = number of cards

cost for 9 cards:

x=9

c=14+1.5 (9-4)

14+1.5 (5) = 21.50

total cost = $21.50