Question

Elvira wants to predict how much her cable television service will cost each month. She pays a

fee of $69.99 each month for service and $4.99 for each movie she orders. She lets x represent
the number of movies she watches each month and y represent the total cost for her cable
service. Which equation can she use to predict how much she will pay each month?


A: y=74.98+x
B: y= 4.99 + 69.99x
C: y= 69.99 + 4.99x
D: y= 69.99-4.99x

Answer 1

Explanation:

y = 69.99 + 4.99x

Answer 2

The answer is (C) Y = 69.99 + 4.99x

Explanation:

x represents the number of movies ordered by Elvira.

69.99 is the constant Elvira has to pay for her cable service.

As we can see on the answer (C) the 4.99 is multiplied by x which represents the number of movies ordered by Elvira and she is charged 4.99 for each one so the logical thing to do is that we multiply 4.99 by x (number of movies ordered) then we add 69.99 to the product of 4.99x and we get the total amount Elvira has to pay this month

So the formula to find how much Elvira has to pay this month would be (C) y = 69.99 + 4.99x.