A new video game is expected to sell 120 copies the first hour at a local game store. After that, the sales will follow the function s (x) = 15 (x - 1) where x is the number of hours. What is the function that shows total sales, including the first hour?

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Sebastian Huang

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13 April, 15:16

A new video game is expected to sell 120 copies the first hour at a local game store. After that, the sales will follow the function s (x) = 15 (x - 1) where x is the number of hours. What is the function that shows total sales, including the first hour?

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Armani Norris · Answer 1

The first hour, they sell 102 copies.

So the function starts with : s (x) = 102 + (I put a + after 102 because we know that there are following sales after the first hour).

Then, the sales are s (x) = 11 (x-1).

So this is the second part of your function.

Answer: 102 + 11 (x-1)