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A restaurant plans to use a new food delivery service. The food delivery service charges $4.98 for every 2 meals delivered, plus a $2.00 service fee. What is the slope of this situation?


2.00

2.49

4.49

4.98

Answer 1

The slope of this situation would be $4.98/2 = $2.49 per meal delivered.

Explanation:

The slope in this situation represents the cost per meal delivered. To find the cost per meal, we can divide the total cost by the number of meals.

Let's say the restaurant plans to deliver n meals. The cost of delivering n meals is given by:

Cost = (n/2) x 4.98 + 2.00

The first term represents the cost of delivering n meals in pairs (since the service charges for every 2 meals delivered), and the second term represents the flat service fee.

To find the cost per meal, we can divide both sides of the equation by n:

Cost/n = [(n/2) x 4.98 + 2.00]/n

Simplifying, we get:

Cost/n = 2.49 + 2.49/n

So the slope of this situation is 2.49, which represents the cost per meal delivered.