Charlie wants to compare bike rental companies while he is on vacation. Handlebar Mania has a flat rate of $50 for all day. Peddle-Me-Faster has no initial charge, but it is $10 per hour. Two-Wheelin' only charges $5 per hour, but it has an initial charge of $20.

Explain to Charlie how he can graph these bike rental charges and describe what key features of the graphs he should consider when making a decision.

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Charlie wants to compare bike rental companies while he is on vacation. Handlebar Mania has a flat rate of $50 for all day. Peddle-Me-Faster has no initial charge, but it is $10 per hour. Two-Wheelin' only charges $5 per hour, but it has an initial charge of $20.

Explain to Charlie how he can graph these bike rental charges and describe what key features of the graphs he should consider when making a decision.

anonymous · Answer

@RadEn @Jnlucero @Nanalew @thomaster @thadyoung @superdavesuper Help please :)

superdavesuper · Answer

Using x as the no. of days, write down the equations for total charge for each company first.

anonymous · Answer

So I agree with @superdavesuper about the x coordinate so if you were to look at the graphs you could see each company's charge at a specific time (the y coordinates) Also, the higher the slope means the more expensive it is for a longer time. Hope this helps :)