Question

Rae earns $60 for playing music on saturday nights at the local coffee house. she makes an average of $5.25 in tips per hour. write the function of rae's earnings, and solve for how much she would make after 4 hours. y = 5.25x + 60; $65.25 y = 60x + 5.25; $85.75 y = 5.25x + 60; $81.00 y = 60x + 5.25; $185.25

Answer 1

Okay. So for this equation, she would make $60, plus $5.25 in tips each hour. So for this, she would get $60 + 5.25h. Plug in 4 hours, and she would make $21 off of tips, plus the $60, which brings her up to $81 total. The answer is C.