Q:

Carl tells his friend Logan about a new music download service. Carl says that if you download x collections per month, your monthly cost will be 2(x + 10). Logan says the cost will be 2(x + 5). Who is correct? A. Only Carl is correct. B. Only Logan is correct. C. Both Carl and Logan are correct. D. Both Carl and Logan are incorrect

Accepted Solution

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The expression that gives the total monthly cost can be derived from the sum of the monthly fee and the download fee.Correct option:C; Both Carl and Logan are incorrectReasons that make option C correct:The most common probable charges for a service such as a music download service is a flat fee each month and a fee for each download.Formula for the total monthly cost of the music download service:Let y represent the flat fee, and x represent the fee per download.If the fee per download is $2, we have;Monthly cost, C = 2·x + yWhen the monthly fee, y = 10, we have; C = 2·x + 10Whereby the monthly cost is y = 5, we have;C = 2·x + 5Therefore, the coefficient of x which is the cost per download is used to multiply x only rather than (x + 10) or (x + 5)Therefore; Both Carl and Logan are incorrectLearn more about word problems in algebra here: