Drake’s Drugstore is getting ready for the upcoming summer season. The manager of the store wants to add lawn chairs to the stock. He asks the buyer to determine the two lowest priced wholesalers of lawn chairs. The table shows the data that the buyer collects from two wholesalers 1) Let p represent the total number of packs of chairs bought from Wholesaler A and let c represent the total cost. Write an equation to calculate the total cost of any number of packs of chairs.

2) Let p represent the total number of packs of chairs bought from Wholesaler B and let c represent the total cost. Write an equation to calculate the total cost of any number of packs of chairs.

3) Write the equations from parts (a) and (b) in the form y = ax + b.

4) Calculate the cost of eight packs of chairs from each wholesaler.

5) The manager wants to buy at least seven packs of chairs. Which wholesaler should the drugstore use this year? Explain your reasoning.