Question

Patrick is donating money and volunteering his time to an organization that restores homes for the needy. his employer will match his monetary donations up to 100 dollars.

a) identify the type of function that models how much money is received by the charity when Patrick donates x dollars.

b) write and graph a function for the situation

Answer 1

a) Money donated by Patrick = x dollars

Money donated by his employer = 100 dollars

Let y be the total money received by the charity. Then, it is a linear function of x and y.

b) Required equation is y = x + 10

Please refer attached graph.