document.write( "Question 1101766: Tickets to a comedy show where all the same price. The ticket agency as a fixed fee to every order. A person who orders 5 tickets pays $93. A person who orders two tickets pays $42. What does the y intercept represent? \n" ); document.write( "

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The ticket agency adds a fixed fee of $\"%22%248%22\"$ to every order.
\n" ); document.write( "The price $\"y\"$ of the order
\n" ); document.write( "varies linearly with the number $\"x\"$ of tickets ordered as
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y=mx%2Bb\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"m=%2893-42%29%2F%285-2%29=51%2F3=17\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "so the price of each ticket is $\"%22%2417%22\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "For 2 tickets , $\"x=2\"$ and $\"y=42\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting those values and $\"m=17\"$ , we get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"42=17%2A2%2Bb\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"42=34%2Bb\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"42-34=b\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"b=8\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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