Good Afternoon:

 

The problem below was given to my son as part of his algebra homework.  Neither he nor my husband (a physician) could figure out how to set it up.  I read it and took about three seconds to figure out how to solve it.  See if you can answer the questions, especially c.

 

33.  Subscription.  A magazine offers an online subscription that allows you to view up to 25 archived articles free.  To view 30 archived articles, you pay $49.15.  To view 33 archived articles, you pay $57.40.

 

a.  What is the cost of each archived article for which you pay a fee?

 

b.  What is the cost of the magazine subscription?

 

c. What do you think of this subscription model?  (my question)

 

From:  Glencoe Algebra 1, Common Core Standards Edition, page 230, question 33.  New York:  McGraw Hill Education.  2014.

 

Ellen Rothbaum, MS, AHIP

Assistant Director

Medical Library

North Shore University Hospital

300 Community Drive

Manhasset, NY 11030

ellenr@nshs.edu

Voice:  (516) 562-4324

Fax:  (516) 562-2865

 


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