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It costs $350 to rent room for a party. d You also want to hire a caterer. The caterer charges $8.75 per

person. Write and solve a linear equation to find the total cost for inviting 50 people to the party.

User Wychh
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Answer: 787.5

Explanation:

The slope/rate of change would be 8.75 because EACH person is charged $8.75. The y-intercept would be 350 because even if there are 0 people who come to the party, you would still have to pay 350 for renting the room.

So let's make this into an equation-

y= 8.75x + 350 would be the equation. 8.75 is the slope and 350 is the y-intercept.

Now let's solve it!

y= mx+b here's the formula

y= 8.75x + 350 here's our equation

y= 8.75(50) + 350 substitute x for 50

y= 437.5 + 350 multiply 8.75 and 50

y= 787.5 add the numbers together

Our answer is y=787.5!

I hope that helped you! :-)

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Answer:

787.5

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