Question

The average price of a movie ticket in the United States from 1980 to 2000 can be modeled by the expression, 2.75+0.10x, where x is the number of years since 1980. Which part of the expression corresponds to the cost of movie tickets in 1980?

Answer 1

$2.75

Explanation:

Since x represents the number of years since 1980 to 2000 that means the ticket prices increase by 0.10 (or 10 cents) each year. This means the base price in 1980 was $2.75. To prove it, we would plug in the correct information into the expression. The number of years since 1980 would be 0 so we would plug in 0 for x. 2.75 + 0.10(0) = $2.75.