Please help:

The phone company charges $5.24 for the first 3 minutes and $1.31 for each additional minute.

Write a function/equation for the cost of the call, C, in dollars, and the length of the call, T, in minutes. (Y=MX+b FORMAT, PLEASE)

Thank you so much,
Becca

Question

Please help:

The phone company charges $5.24 for the first 3 minutes and $1.31 for each additional minute.

Write a function/equation for the cost of the call, C, in dollars, and the length of the call, T, in minutes. (Y=MX+b FORMAT, PLEASE)

Thank you so much, 
Becca

calculusxy · Answer

$$($5.24\times3)+($1.31timesT)=C$$

anonymous · Answer

Is that the equation or one of the steps?

Thank you, 
Becca

calculusxy · Answer

Equation

anonymous · Answer

Thank you

anonymous · Answer

Is there a way to put it in y=mx+b format?

calculusxy · Answer

Are you trying to use it using slopes or something?

anonymous · Answer

I was just wondering if you can without the use of a graph. I guess I would need two points, though, in order to do that.

calculusxy · Answer

Well I don't actually know about that because I am only...

anonymous · Answer

That's ok, thanks for your help.

calculusxy · Answer

Thanks for understanding