Kylie borrowed a book from a library. The library charged a fixed rental for the book and a late fee for every day the book was overdue. The expression below shows the charges Kylie paid for the book when she returned it x days after the due date.

2 + 0.25x

What does the constant term of the expression represent?

The late fee for the book

The fixed rental for the book

The number of books borrowed

The number of days the book was overdue

Question

Kylie borrowed a book from a library. The library charged a fixed rental for the book and a late fee for every day the book was overdue. The expression below shows the charges Kylie paid for the book when she returned it x days after the due date.

2 + 0.25x

What does the constant term of the expression represent? 

 The late fee for the book 

 The fixed rental for the book 

 The number of books borrowed 

 The number of days the book was overdue

anonymous · Answer

The late fee for the book
 The fixed rental for the book
 The number of books borrowed
 The number of days the book was overdue

anonymous · Answer

The number of days the book was overdue << That one?

anonymous · Answer

x are the days that she overdued

and "constant" means term with no x

anonymous · Answer

so the constant, that does not depend on the days, was the rental fee

anonymous · Answer

So it was the number of late fees or days it was overdue?

anonymous · Answer

@phanta_seea

anonymous · Answer

neither, the constant is the term with no x in it !!
so it has nothing to do with "x" (the days)

anonymous · Answer

Well, I was wayyy off..