Question

When Joseph first starts working at a grocery store, his hourly rate is $10. For each year he works at the grocery store, his hourly rate increases by $0.50. Joesphs hourly rate R, in dollars, is a function of t, the number of years he works at the grocery store. Write the functions formula.

Answer 1

`R(t)=10+0.50t`

Explanation:

Let t be the number of years.

We have been given that When Joseph first starts working at a grocery store, his hourly rate is $10.

For each year he works at the grocery store, his hourly rate increases by $0.50. So the hourly rates after t years will be 10 plus 0.50t.

We can represent this information in an equation as:

`R(t)=10+0.50t`

Therefore, the function
`R(t)=10+0.50t`represents Joseph's hourly rates after t years.