Question

Veronica is an English tutor. She charges $60 for each tutoring session plus $0.75 per mile that she has to drive to and from the session. Write an equation to represent this situation. Explain how you got your equation.

Answer 1

Answer:
`60+0.75x`

Explanation:

Given

Veronica charges $60 for each tutoring session

Also, there is an additional charge of $0.75 per mile

Suppose she drive x miles and the total cost is represented by C

the additional cost of driving is
`0.75* x=0.75x`

`\therefore` The total cost for the session will be the sum of fixed cost and variable driving cost

`\Rightarrow C=60+0.75x`