Question

An air conditioning company charges a flat fee for each service call, plus an hourly rate for any work completed. The table below shows the total cost for certain jobs based on the hours worked. Based on a linear model, what does the company charge for an hourly rate?

a) $25 per hour
b) $35 per hour
c) $50 per hour
d) $75 per hour

Answer 1

Without the necessary data in the question, we cannot determine the hourly rate for the air conditioning company's service calls.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the company's hourly rate for an air conditioning service call, we need to analyze the given data for a clear pattern. Unfortunately, the provided information in the question is incomplete as it does not include the necessary table showing the total cost for certain jobs based on the hours worked. Without this critical piece of data, we cannot calculate the hourly rate or identify the flat fee. In a typical scenario, if we had two jobs with known total costs and hours worked, we could find the difference in total costs and the difference in hours worked to calculate the hourly rate. The hourly rate would be the slope of the linear equation representing the total cost as a function of hours worked, as seen in examples given for other service-based businesses.