Question

"A music school charges a registration fee in addition to a fee per lesson. Music lessons last 0.5 hour. The equation y=40x+30 represents the total cost y of x lessons. Find and interpret the slope and y-intercept of the line that represents this situation. Then find four points on the line."

I need help on how to find and interpret the slope and y-intercept of the line that represents this situation and finding four points on the line.



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Answer 1

Ok so first you'll need the slope-intercept formula known as y=mx+b. This is where m= slope and b = y-intercept

Basically you would look at the equation and see where the number is in relation to the formula.

y=40x+30
y=mx+b

You can see that 40 = m (slope) and 30 = b (y-intercept)

That's finding the slope and y-intercept. To find points on the line, all you have to do is put a number in for the x and solve it to get the y. Then you will have an (x,y) coordinate.

Example:
x=1
y=40x+30
y=40(1)+30 (40 times 1 = 40)
y=40+30
y=70

So, if you used 1, your coordinate point would be at (1,70)