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2. Pumpkin’ Psy is a singer and rapper. To perform his famous “horse-riding dance” moves,
Psy needs to purchase a pumpkin costume that costs $100 to own. The only thing that gets Psy
going is pumpkin pies. If he eats x slices of pumpkin pie, he can perform 5√x horse-riding
dances. Pumpkin pie costs $4 per slice.
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(a) What is the total cost of performing q horse-riding dances?
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x = 1. 5 * sqrt 1 = 5. He needs 5 pumpkin pies to perform one dance.
5 pies * 4 dollars / pie + 100 dollars = 120 dollars to perform 1 dance
so 100 dollars + [20 dollars * q] to perform q dances.
If x = 1, q = 6 he needs 100 dollars + 120 dollars = 220 dollars to perform 6 dances..