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11. A pizza place charges $5 for the pizza and $0.85 for each topping. Let C, represent the cost of the pizza. What does the y-intercept represent in the context of this scenario?

12. Emanhi has at most $14 to spend at the fall festival. It cost $5 to get in the festival and $0.75 for each ride, r. Write the inequality that represents the amount of money Emanhi can spend at the festival.

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11.) Since the standard coord. equation is "mx+b"
And since the "+b" portion is your y-intercept.
Your y-intercept would be the $0.85 "for each topping"

12.) Your equation needed is...
.75x+5 ≤ 14
x=12
, meaning that she alone cannot ride more than 12 rides
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