At Lincoln Library there are two ways to pay for copying. You can pay 14 cents a copy, or you can buy a plastic card for $6 and then pay 4 cents a copy. Let x be the number of copies you make. Write an equation for your costs for each way of paying. (Express C(x) in dollars.)     without card C(x) =     with card C(x) = (a) How many copies do you need to make before buying the plastic card is the same as cash? ______copies (b) If you wish to make 50 copies, which way of paying has the least cost?  (choose one )        they are the same.        without card.        cannot be determined.        with card.

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At Lincoln Library there are two ways to pay for copying. You can pay 14 cents a copy, or you can buy a plastic card for $6 and then pay 4 cents a copy. Let x be the number of copies you make. Write an equation for your costs for each way of paying. (Express C(x) in dollars.)


    without card C(x) =
    with card C(x) =


(a) How many copies do you need to make before buying the plastic card is the same as cash?
______copies
(b) If you wish to make 50 copies, which way of paying has the least cost?  (choose one )
       they are the same.
       without card.
       cannot be determined.
       with card.

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