Question

It cost $2.50 for 10 hours of cable usage and $.50 for usage over 10 hours. Henry's favorite TV series is 48 minutes long. Let variable s equal the series in hours. Write an algebraic expression for viewing Henry's series for more than 10 hours.

Answer 1

y = 2.50 + 0.5s

Explanation:

It cost $2.50 for 10 hours of cable usage and $.50 for usage over 10 hours. Henry's favorite TV series is 48 minutes long.

Let variable s = series in hours.

The algebraic expression for viewing Henry's series for more than 10 hours is given as:

y = $2.50 + $0.5 × s

y = 2.5 + 0.5s