Mathematics Homework Help

lamoyne needs four pieces of lumber for his scout project. The pieces can be cut from one large piece of lumber according to the following pattern. The lumberyards will make the cuts for lamoyne at a fixed cost of 2.25 plus an additional cost of 25 cent per cut. One cut is free. What is the functional relationship between the total cost of cutting a piece of lumber and the number of cuts required? What is the equation of this function? Be sure to define variables in the context