SOLUTION: suppose you earn $8.50/h at a bakery. From your first paycheck you determine that $ 2.15/h is withheld for taxes and benefits. You work x hours during a five-day week and you spend

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Question 181585: suppose you earn $8.50/h at a bakery. From your first paycheck you determine that $ 2.15/h is withheld for taxes and benefits. You work x hours during a five-day week and you spend $ 3.75 eack day for lunch.
Write an equation for your weekly earning after taxes, benefits and lunch expenses.
in this situation what does the slope and the y represent?
how many hours must you work to earn $ 120 after taxes, benfits and lunch expenses?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
E=6.35x-18.75
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6.35 represents the money you net per hour not including lunch expense
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y intercept -18.75 represents the fixed cost of lunch per week