SOLUTION: 1. You want to buy some pens on the internet. You find a website that charges $3 for each pen and $8 for shipping. What is the slope in this situation?

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Question 1124766: 1. You want to buy some pens on the internet. You find a website that charges $3 for each pen and $8 for shipping. What is the slope in this situation?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52851)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The "situation" has no slope.


The term "slope" is inapplicable with the noun "situation".


Can you write your question correctly ?


Answer by josgarithmetic(39625)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You find a website that charges $3 for each pen and $8 for shipping. What is the slope in this situation?
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x, number of pens in your order
y, cost for your order
8, price for shipping any number of x pens



Slope for your COST EQUATION is
for .
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