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Martin Works at the Big and Tall store. He gets paid $8 per hour plus $1 for each sale he makes on socks. Graph the relationship between money earned and hours worked if Martin was only able to sell 16 pairs of socks

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Answer:

Let x equal the number of hours worked.

a) ƒ(x) = 8x + 1(16)

b) The slope is 8

c) The -intercept represents the money earned

d) For every one hour you work, you will gain eight more dollars

e) Yes, this answer would make sense in the real world because it will show how much money you would make over a given number of hours

f) Take a look at the picture I illustrated below.

Step-by-step explanation:

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