Question

An electrician charges a flat service fee to accept a job and an additional hourly rate to complete the job. The amount an electrician charges per job can berepresented by the function Ex) = 125+ 24x, where x represents the number of hours she works on the job and 125 represents her flat service fee. What isthe interpretation of the slope in the context of the problem?Olf the electrician works for 24 hours, her pay will be $125.Olf the electrician works for 0 hours, her pay will be $24.For every hour the electrician works, her pay will increase $125.O For every hour the electrician works, her pay will increase $24.

Answer 1

4th option: For every hour the electrician works, her pay will increase $24.

Explanation:

We have that the payment of an electrician is given by the following function:

`\begin{gathered} f(x)=125+24x \\ \\ \text{ where x represents the number of hours } \end{gathered}`

In the function, we have a fixed charge of $125 and a variable that is per hour, each hour he receives a fixed amount that would be the slope, that is, for each hour he is paid $24.

Therefore the correct answer is the 4th option: For every hour the electrician works, her pay will increase $24.