SOLUTION: the cost of driving a car includes both fixed cost and mileage cost assume that it cost $173.50 per month for insurance and car payments and $0.23 per mile for gasoline, oil and ro

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Question 769333: the cost of driving a car includes both fixed cost and mileage cost assume that it cost $173.50 per month for insurance and car payments and $0.23 per mile for gasoline, oil and routine maintenance find the value for m and b so that y= mx+b models the monthly cost of driving the car x miles/ what does the value of b represent
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the cost of driving a car includes both fixed cost and mileage cost assume that it cost $173.50 per month for insurance and car payments and $0.23 per mile for gasoline, oil and routine maintenance find the value for m and b so that y= mx+b models the monthly cost of driving the car x miles/ what does the value of b represent
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b is the cost of insurance and car payments for one month
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Stan H.
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