If baker’s bank offers earnings of –0.09x + 10.2, and elite heights offers –0.02x + 7.5, where x is the number of checks written, at what number of checks will the banks pay approximately the same earnings?
hint: set the two expressions equal and solve for x.
a. 2.03
b. 15.48
c. 38.57
d. 83.25

$25

step-by-step explanation:

25 - 4.50 = 20.5

20.5 / 2 = 10.25

10.25 + 10 = 20.25

20.25 - 12.50 = 7.75

therefore the answer is $25 as shown as the first number.

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b