Karen is applying for the nursing school at the University of Davis. Before applying, she received a breakdown of the tuition and fees from the university.

Tuition: $757 per semester plus $200 per class
Books: $82 per class
Nursing School Fee: $19 per class
Parking: $56 per semester
Facilities Fee: $58 per semester

The total cost of a semester for c classes is represented by the following expression.

$301c + $871
Which statement best describes the coefficient of c?

Question

Karen is applying for the nursing school at the University of Davis. Before applying, she received a breakdown of the tuition and fees from the university.

    Tuition: $757 per semester plus $200 per class
    Books: $82 per class
    Nursing School Fee: $19 per class
    Parking: $56 per semester
    Facilities Fee: $58 per semester

The total cost of a semester for c classes is represented by the following expression.

$301c + $871
Which statement best describes the coefficient of c?

anonymous · Answer

It is the total semester cost of c classes at the university.

It is the sum of the tuition, parking, and facilities fee.

It is the sum of the additional cost of tuition, books, and nursing school fee.

It is the sum of the cost of books and the nursing school fee.

anonymous · Answer

Hint: $c$ is the number of classes you take, so the coefficient of $c$ is actually just the fee that is based on "per class"