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.
Q. 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.
Identify Total Fee: Identify the total fee for a 5-hour job.y=$35
Identify Initial Fee: Identify the initial fee.Initial fee=$10
Subtract Initial Fee: Subtract the initial fee from the total fee to find the fee for 5 hours of work.$35−$10=$25
Divide Remaining Fee: Divide the remaining fee by the number of hours to find the constant fee per hour.5 hours$25=$5 per hour
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