Question

Miguel currently earns $9 per hour at work. His hourly wage will increase by 70¢ every 5 months for the first year. In a function that models Miguels average hourly wage over time in months, what is the slope?

A. $0.5 per month
B. $0.14 per hour
C. $0.70 per month
D. $9 per hour

Answer 1

His wage will increase 0.70 per month. This means that the graph will steadily rise 0.70 every month.

The correct answer is therefore (c) $0.70 per month.