SOLUTION: Peter hired a cleaning company to clean his house.the cleaning company charges a fixed fee of $15 plus $17 per hour to clean a house.write an equation that cam be used to determine

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Question 1064885: Peter hired a cleaning company to clean his house.the cleaning company charges a fixed fee of $15 plus $17 per hour to clean a house.write an equation that cam be used to determine c,the total amount in dollars that the cleaning company charges to clean a house in h hours?
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Peter hired a cleaning company to clean his house.the cleaning company charges a fixed fee of $15 plus $17 per hour to clean a house.write an equation that cam be used to determine c,the total amount in dollars that the cleaning company charges to clean a house in h hours?
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hourly rate is the slope
fixed fee is the y-intercept
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A(t) = 17t + 15 is the charge for "t" hrs of work.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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