The fee for hiking a guide to explore a cave is 700 pesos. A guide only take care of maximum of 4 persons,and additional guides can be hired as needed. Represent the cost of hiring guides as a function of the number of tourist who wish to explore the cave. Thank you so much I will appreciate your answer.
If they are in groups of 4:
700 * n/4 = ?
However, that is only in groups of 4. If there are 1, 2 or 3 extra, there still would be an extra charge of 700 pesos, any fraction would be another 700 pesos.
Y=700(×/4)
Simplify the following expression
1/3(27-21x)
To represent the cost of hiring guides as a function of the number of tourists who wish to explore the cave, we need to consider the number of guides required based on the number of tourists.
Since each guide can take care of a maximum of 4 persons, we can calculate the number of guides required by dividing the total number of tourists by 4 and rounding up to the nearest whole number.
Let's denote the number of tourists as 'x' and the number of guides required as 'g'. The function to represent the cost of hiring guides can be expressed as:
g(x) = ceil(x/4)
In this function, "ceil" represents the ceiling function, which rounds up the value to the nearest whole number.
Now, to calculate the cost of hiring guides, we need to multiply the number of guides required by the fee for hiking a guide:
Cost(x) = g(x) * 700 pesos
Therefore, the cost of hiring guides as a function of the number of tourists (x) is:
Cost(x) = ceil(x/4) * 700 pesos