Question

The table below represents the cost that a computer repair company charges for the amount of hours that they will work to repair a computer.

Write an equation that can be used to determine the charge for a computer repair for any possible number of hours the repair takes to complete. Explain what each part of the equation represents.

Answer 1

The equation that can be used to determine the charge for a computer repair for any possible number of hours is y = 25x + 5, where x is the number of hours and y is the charge in dollars for a computer repair of x hours.