Question

NO LINKS ACCEPTED -The robot factory is a learning center where children can build robots. The project fee per visit is $15 and each hour of time (x) at the factory costs $4. Jesse goes to the robot factory one afternoon and was charged $40 for the visit. Write an equation that models this situation where X is the number of hours Jesse stands at the robot factory

Answer 1

15 + 4x = 40

Explanation:

To construct this equation, we'll list all the values we will include first.

The total fee equals $40, so we'll put 40 on one side of the equation.

On the other side, we have to put the values that make up the total. The fee is made with the project cost plus the hourly rate. The first part of this is the beginning cost, $15. Added to this is the hourly cost, $4, times the number of hours spent. So, the other side of the equation is 15 (the starting cost) plus 4 (the rate) times x (the unknown number of hours).

So, our equation is 15 + 4x = 40.

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