Note that numbers of people at a specific cost per person - there cannot be fractions of people.
EXERCISE 5
1
Fatima has two transport options to get to work. She can create a carpool (by
travelling together with a maximum of four other colleagues) and split her
monthly cost of R1 200 between all five people, or she can catch the bus. A
monthly bus ticket costs her R300.
Complete the table of values given below and use your answer to compare
the two options:
1
2
3
5
Number of passengers
Carpool: cost per person
Bus: cost per person
b
Under which conditions will it be preferable for her to use a carpool?
What type of relationship is represented by each of these transport options?
Make use of as many of these words in your description: Linear, inverse,
increasing, decreasing, constant, discrete and continuous.
Represent each relationship with an equation.
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