The cost of driving a car includes both fixed costs and mileage costs. Assume that it costs $167.10 per a month for insurance and car payments and $0.41per a mile, for gasoline , oil and routine maintenance
Find the values for m and b so that y = mx+b models the monthly cost of driving the car x miles
What does the value of b make?

Question

The cost of driving a car includes both fixed costs  and mileage costs. Assume that it costs $167.10 per a month for insurance and car payments and $0.41per a mile, for gasoline , oil and routine maintenance
Find the values for m and b so that y = mx+b models the monthly cost of driving the car x miles 
What does the value of b make?

anonymous · Answer

b is the constant cost of insurance=$167.10
Y = 0.41*X +167.10

anonymous · Answer

m=?
b=?
I still do not get how to do the equation part of this. If you write out the equation, I can do the work... I do not need the answer. Just how to write the equation- than I can do it myself.

anonymous · Answer

here mileage cost depends on the variable which is the miles x.so it is to be multiplied with x
m=mileage cost
 and the other cost is constant, doesn't depend on anything, so it comes in the equation as b
b= fixed cost

anonymous · Answer

huh?