Question

Anumeha is mowing lawns for a summer job. For every mowing job, she charges an initial fee of $10 plus a constant fee for each hour of work. Her fee for a 5-hour job, for instance, is $35.

Let y represent Anumeha's fee (in dollars) for a single job that took x hours for her to complete.
Complete the equation for the relationship between the fee and the number of hours.

Answer 1

$5/ hour (her hourly wage) and y = 5x + 10 (equation)

Explanation:

y = ax + 10

(a = the price per hour, 10 = number added AKA fee)

We plug in the point given (5 hours, $35) = (5, 35) and get:

35 = 5a + 10 -->

25 = 5a -->

5 = a -->

$5/ hour and y = 5x + 10