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Lesson 3-2 A Snow Job 307 ) 3-2 Applications Name Unfortunately for the snow cone business we studied within the lesson. they're not the only game in town when it comes to frosty treats. They compete fiercely with Frosy the Cone Man, a nearby ice cream stand. The table describes the profit that Frosty can make based on the number of cones he sells. We'll be using this information throughout the Applications. Profit $375 $181 $13 $207 $401 $595 Cones sold 200 400 600 800 1,000 1. Use the grid to graph the points from our table. Put cones sold on the horizontal axis and profit on the vertical axis. Snow Cones Sold 2. Based on the plotted points, does the graph appear to be a line? If so, draw it in 3. Find the y intercept of your graph, and describe what it tells us about Frosty's business 308 Unit 3 Thinking Linearly Applications Name 4. Estimate the x intercept pt based on your graph, and describe what it tells us about the business your 5. the slope of the line using two of the points from the table. - 398 6. Notice that in calculating the slope, you subtracted two profits in the numerator, and two nur denominator. Bas ed on this, what are the units for your slope? What does it tell us about the business? 7. Based on your answer to Question 6, how much would the profit go up if they sell 10 cones? Twenty cones? 8. How much would the profit go up if they sell x cones? 9. Now let's put the pieces together. Using your answers from Questions 3 and 8, write a formula in the form P- that describes the company's profit based on the number of cones they sell 10. Remember that festival where the snow cone business sold 8,000 units? How much profit would Frosty the Cone Man make if he sells 10,500 cones at that festival?

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