Question

A lawyer charges a $75 consultation fee and then $120 per hour thereafter.

a). Identify the dependent and independent variable.
b). Make a table of values for the cost of $C of an appointment with the lawyer for time t hours where t= 0,1,2,3,4.
c). What is the relationship between C and t linear?
d). If you graphed this relationship, is it sensible to join the points graphed with a straight line? Give reason with your answer.
e). For every increase of 1 hour for t, what is the change in C?
f). For an appointment with the lawyer, what is the fixed cost and variable cost?

Answer 1

(a) The dependant veriable is the $120 per hour and the independant veriable is the $75 consultaion fee.
(b) The table of vaules for this would look like this,
`(C)/(T) (75)/(0) (195)/(1) (315)/(2) (435)/(3) (555)/(4)`, where C = cost and T = time.
(c) The relationship between C and T is linear, beacause with the more hours you take the cost increases.
(d) Yes, it is sensible because the points would be in line due to the steady increase of the hourly rate.

(e) For every hour spent the cost increases 120 dollars.
(f) The fixed cost is 75 dollars for consultation and the veriable cost is 120 per hour.