Four ounces of oregano and 2 ounces of garlic powder are mixed to create a poultry seasoning. Oregano costs $4 per ounce, and garlic powder costs $3 per ounce. The table shows the costs of the ingredients
There isn't an obvious question to this problem but with the given we can assume what is to be asked. I think we are to find the total cost of a certain poultry seasoning. The poultry seasoning would have a total weight of 4+2=6 ounces. The total cost will then have to be 4(4) + 2(3) = 22 dollars.
For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables:
x: ounces of oregano
y: ounces of garlic powder
We write the function to find the total cost of the mixture.
We have then:
\(c (x, y) = 4x + 3y
\)
We substitute the following values to find the total cost:
Four ounces of oregano:
\(x = 4
\)
and 2 ounces of garlic powder:
\(y = 2
\)
Substituting we have:
\(c (4, 2) = 4 (4) + 3 (2)
c (4, 2) = 16 + 6
c (4, 2) = 22
\)
Answer:
The total cost of the mixture is given by:
c (4, 2) = 22 $