document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=936701>Question 936701</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "total cost for the evening equals the sum of the cost of the meal and the product of cost per hour and unknown number of hours of babysitting<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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