document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=902267>Question 902267</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 17. At a TV repair shop, there is a uniform charge for any TV brought in for repair plus an hourly fee for the work done. For a TV that needed two hours of repair, the cost was $100. For a TV that needed one and a half hours of repair, the cost was $80.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. Write an equation that can be used to find the cost of repair, y, when x hours of work are required. Write the given information as ordered pairs, (2, 100) and (1.5, 80).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. What would be the cost of repairing a TV that requires 3 hours of work?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. What does the coefficient of x in the equation that you wrote in a represent?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. What does the constant term in the equation that you wrote in a represent?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 problem s per 24 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "no similar problems<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your second problem is similar to the first. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "only the numbers change<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2 y=100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1.5 y=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you have two points <BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the equation of the line\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "100=m2+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80=m1.5+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or solve this system<BR>\n" );
document.write( "depends what you are learning right now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there are many other ways to solve this<BR>\n" );
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