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The cost (c) to paint a building varies directly with the area of the surface being painted (a) in square feet. It costs $3,000 to paint a room with a surface area of 1,500 square feet. Determine an equation that gives the relationship between c and a.



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The equation that gives the relationship between cost (c) and area (a) is c = 2a

How to determine an equation that gives the relationship between cost and area?

A variation is a relation between a set of values of one variable and a set of values of other variables

Given that: the cost (c) to paint a building varies directly with the area of the surface being painted (a) in square feet

We can write:

c α a

c = ka

where k is the constant of proportionality

since c = $3,000 and a = 1500

c = ka

3000 = 1500k

k = 3000/1500

k = 2

Thus, the equation of the relationship is c = 2a

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