SOLUTION: The monthly cost of a certain long distance service is given by the linear function y=0.04x+3.95 where y is in dollars and x is the amount of time in minutes called in a month. Fin

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Question 286826: The monthly cost of a certain long distance service is given by the linear function y=0.04x+3.95 where y is in dollars and x is the amount of time in minutes called in a month. Find and interpret the slope and y intercept of the linear equation.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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the y intercept means that even if there are no minutes used it is still going to cost 3.95
the slope .04 means that for every minute used, it will cost 4 cents