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heather is a hairdresser and her customers pay $5 to reserve an appointment time and $12 for every hour heather works on their hair style.as back to school special she offers to lower her price per hour by $5 what equation represents the total amount paid to heather,y,after x hours of hair styling​

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Answer:

y = 5 + 7x

Explanation:

So 5 is going to be a constant factor. So Y is gonna equal 5 plus something. 12 dollars for every hour is 12x and there is a 5 dollar discount. 12-5 = 7 and so it is 7 dollars per hour.

So the total cost Y equal the constant 5 and 7x

Y = 5 + 7x

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