document.write( "Question 936701: Your parents go out to eat and see a movie and end up spending $78 for the meal and movie, while also paying $8.50 per hour for a babysitter. Write a verbal model of the equation that gives the total cost of your parents night out as a function of the number of hours they were gone. \n" ); document.write( "

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x = hours out
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\n" ); document.write( "y = 8.50x + 78
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\n" ); document.write( "slope is the babysitter cost per hour
\n" ); document.write( "y-intercept is the cost of meal and movie
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