SOLUTION: Sarah is renting a car for her weekend trip to the mountains. The total cost of the rental, y, as it relates to the number of miles driven, x, is shown in the graph below.
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Question 1100635: Sarah is renting a car for her weekend trip to the mountains. The total cost of the rental, y, as it relates to the number of miles driven, x, is shown in the graph below.
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Fill in the blanks so that the functions below, written to represent this situation, are correct. If necessary, answer in terms of a decimal, rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=$25 +$0.25x, where x is number of miles.
When x=0, y=25, so that is the base cost.
When x=10, y=27.5, 25 of which is the base cost, the other 2.50 the charge for 10 miles, so 0.25 per mile.
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