Question

Drive Down is a racing video game. The game gives each player an initial amount of $5,000 in virtual money. After that, a player gets $500 in virtual money for each race won. What function represents the amount of virtual money a player has in terms of the number of races won? The independent quantity is the , and the dependent quantity is the . The function representing the situation is .

Answer 1

y= is the dependent quanty=the amount virtual money that a player.
x=is the indepennt quanty=number of races won.

This function represents the amount of virtual money
y=500x+5000

Answer 2

Given scenario is :

The game gives each player an initial amount of $5,000 in virtual money, means this is the total money. This $5000 is fixed.

Afterwards, a player gets $500 in virtual money for each race won.

Now we have to tell the following:

The independent quantity (x) is : the number of races won

And the dependent quantity f(x) or y is : the total virtual money

Also we need to tell the function that represents the amount of virtual money a player has in terms of the number of races won is. So, the function becomes:

`f(x)=500x+5000` or
`y=500x+5000` where x is the number of races won.