Question

A canoe rental service charges a $20 transportation fee and $30 dollars an hour to rent a canoe. Write an equation representing the cost, y, of renting a canoe for x hours. What is the cost of renting the canoe for 6 hours?

Answer 1

use slope intercept form to write the equation y=mx+b m (slope of the line) will be the hourly fee, and b (y-intercept) will be the one-time transportation fee.

y=30x+20

to find the cost of renting a canoe for 6 hours, plug 6 into the equation replacing x

y=(30×6)+20

y=180+20=$200

Sorry, I can't graph the line, but I would number the x-axis of the coordinate plane (graph) by 1s or 2s (for the hours), and the y-axis by 20s (for the cost

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