A travel agent offers a vacation plan which costs x dollars for the first day, and x/2 for each ...

A travel agent offers a vacation plan which costs x dollars for the first day, and x/2 for each additional day. How much does a vacation of y days cost, where y > 1.

Quiz

Answer/Solution

(yx+x)/2

Steps/Work

Cost = x + (y-1)*x/2 = (2x + (y - 1)*x)/2 = (yx+x)/2
Answer is B