Question

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A daycare charges a base fee of 3 dollars plus 0.50 dollars per minute for late (after closing time)
pick-ups. Albin had to pay 10.50 dollars for a late pick-up.
Albin uses the equation, 10.50 = 0.50a + 3 to represent the situation.
What does the variable a represent in the equation?
Choose 1 answer:
Number of minutes of Albin's late pick-up
The part of the
cost that depends on
the number of minutes late
The number of dollars per minute late

Answer 1

Answer: Number of minutes of Albin's late pickup

Explanation:

The part of the cost that depends on number of minutes late would be 0.50a. We only want to figure out the variable's meaning.
The number of dollars per minute late is 0.50 dollars, as stated in the problem. There is nothing about the variable here.
It would only make send for it to be number of minutes late