The principal of Lakeshore Middle School wants to buy mechanical pencils with the school name on them for theschool store.• The pencils can be bought from Company P for $0.57 each, with free shipping.• The pencils can be bought from Company T for $0.54 each, plus $4.95 for shipping.Which statement is true about purchasing pencils from these two companies?Only the cost model for Company P results in a linear graph.The graphs of the cost functions for each company will not intersect.© Buying pencils from Company T is always more expensive than buying pencils from Company P, regardless of thenumber of pencils bought.The company with the least expensive option can only be determined once the number of pencils the principalwants to buy is known.

Respuesta :

Option D is correct

Here, we want to select the correct statement from the options

A. This is not correct as both can result in a linear graph

B.This is not correct as the graphs will intersect at a point

C. This is not correct as we have some numbers of pencils in which the cost from T will be more expensive

D. This is correct

To know the company with the least expensive option, we need to know the numbers of pencils bought so we can comapre