Product The table shows the average wholesale prices Wholesale Technology Prices
that a manufacturer charges for different types
Price per Item(s)
of computer products. Enrique wants to purchase
Desktop computer
800
some of those products for a store he owns. The
Laptop
850
store will then sell the computer products to
Netbook
425
customers
Notebook
1. Enrique wants to spend $20,000 on the
Smartphone
wholesale purchase of desktop computers and Tablet
tablets only
Part A
Write a linear equation in standard form that shows the number of desktop
computers and the number y of tablets that Enrique can buy. Explain why it is
helpful to use the standard form of a linear equation for this situation.
600
450
400
Part B
Graph the equation from Part A. Describe the steps you used to make the graph.
I
Part
From Part B, how can Enrique determine how many units of each type of
product he can buy? Explain your thinking