Question

Kevin cuts lawns during the summer months. He charges $10 plus $5 per hour. The algebraic model is C = 5h + 10, where C represents the total cost and h represents the hours worked. Use pencil and paper to create a table of values for hours worked from 1 to 5, incrementing h by 1 in each row.

Answer 1

`\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{ c c c }Hours(h) & Total Cost(C) \\ 1 & 15 \\ 2 & 20 \\ 3 & 25 \\ 4 & 30 \\ 5 & 35 \end{tabular}\end{center}`

Explanation:

Given that:

Kevin charges $10 plus $5 per hours

C = 5h + 10

To find:

The table of values for hours worked from 1 to 5.

Solution:

First of all, let us put h = 1 in the given equation:

C = 5 \times 1 + 10

C = 5 + 10 = $15

Now, let us put h = 2 in the given equation:

C = 5 \times 2 + 10

C = 10 + 10 = $20

Now, let us put h = 3 in the given equation:

C = 5 \times 3 + 10

C = 15 + 10 = $25

Now, let us put h = 4 in the given equation:

C = 5 \times 4 + 10

C = 20 + 10 = $30

Now, let us put h = 5 in the given equation:

C = 5 \times 5 + 10

C = 25 + 10 = $35

So, the table becomes each row incrementing h by 1:

`\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{ c c c }Hours(h) & Total Cost(C) \\ 1 & 15 \\ 2 & 20 \\ 3 & 25 \\ 4 & 30 \\ 5 & 35 \end{tabular}\end{center}`