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A plumber charges a $45 fee to make a house call and then $25 for each hour of labor. The plumber uses an equation in the form y = m x + b to determine the amount to charge each customer.

What is the value of m in the equation?



m = $

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Answer:

about 95, if he was doing 2 hours of work, cause he didnt say the hours, so it would be 95. so M=95

Explanation:

because you 45+25+25=95

User Albert Lardizabal
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Answer:

$25

Explanation:

m represents the slope which in other words is the rate of change. if the plumber is $25 per hour, then that represents the rate of change, or slope.

Thus, its $25

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