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sakeem is a landscape architect. when he creates a lawn, his supplier charges $0.43 per square foot for sod. sakeem charges his customers $2.00 per square foot to lay the sod. the profit sakeem makes when creating a lawn varies directly as the number of square feet of sod he lays.
create an equation to show sakeem’s profit when laying sod, where y is the profit and x is the number of square feet of sod. recall that profit is the difference of the amount earned and the amount spent.

y² x² x 1.57 y 0.43 2.00

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Explanation:

Step1: Calculate profit per square foot

Profit per square foot = Earning per sq ft - Cost per sq ft = \(2.00 - 0.43 = 1.57\)

Step2: Relate profit to square feet

Total profit \(y\) = Profit per sq ft \(\times\) Number of sq ft \(x\), so \(y = 1.57x\)

Answer:

\(y = 1.57x\) (Drag \(y\) to the left box, \(1.57\) and \(x\) to form the right side as \(1.57x\))