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A jet ski rental is $70.00 for two hours. If you wanted to rent the jet ski for five hours it would cost $130.00. Write an equation relating cost, C, to length of rental in hours, h.

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Explanation:

A jet ski rental is $70.00 for two hours. If you wanted to rent the jet ski for five hours it would cost $130.00.

The first step will be to determine the cost of rental per hour. We would determine it by finding the slope first.

Assuming we plot a graph of cost on the y axis and time on the x axis, from the given equation, our points will be

(2,70) and (5, 130)

Slope = change in y / change in x

Slope = (130 - 70)/5 - 2)

Slope = 60/3 = 20

The next step would be to determine the intercept,c, using the slope intercept form

y = mx + c. Using point (2,70)

70 = 20×2 + c

c = 70 - 40 = 30

The equation is

y = 20x + 30

an equation relating cost, C, to length of rental in hours, h will be

C = 20h + 30

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