Question

The entrance fee for the carnival is $7and the cost for a ticket for a

ride is $.25.
a. Write an equation for the total cost (C) if you go to the carnival
and ride r number of rides.
b. What is the total cost if you ride 15 rides?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the following:

a) y=0.25x+7

b) $10.75

Step-by-step explanation:

a)

y=mx+b is the slope-intercept form.

B is our Y intercept meaning any fee or initial charge that adds to total cost. In this situation, the initial fee of $7 is our Y-Intercept. . Our mx is the slope. A slope increases based on the amount (x) of certain things you have. In this situation, you are buying maybe 1, 2 or 3 tickets and each ride costs $0.25.

Our x remains the same, that is where we plugin the amount of tickets we will buy (x). The M value is the price per ticket which as said, is $0.25 per. Our slope therefore will be 0.25x.

Combining our Y-Intercept and our Slope will leave us with y (total cost) = 0.25x + 7

b)

We have found our slope, 0.25x+7

Now, we have to plugin our number of rides (x) which is 15.

If done correctly it should be 0.25(15)+7 and that is equal to $10.75 for 15 rides.