Question

1. Renting a bicycle at a local Bike shop costs $30 for the first day and $10 for each additional day.

(a) Create a chart of values and write an equation to find the total cost, C in terms of the number of days d.
(b) Use the equation you created in Part (a) to find the cost of renting a bike for 5 days

Answer 1

(a) d=days C=cost

d C
1 30
2 40
3 50
4 60

C=10(d-1)+30

(b) C=10(5-1)+30
C=40+30
C=70