Question

Joe earns $40 for playing music on Saturday nights at the local coffee house. He makes an average of $3.25 in tips per hour. Write the function of Joe's earnings and solve for how much he would make after 5 hours.

y = 3.25x + 40; $43.25

y = 3.25x + 40; $56.25

y = 40x + 3.25; $58.25

y = 40x + 3.25; $203.25

Answer 1

is it the last one

Answer 2

@mohammad.arqum

Answer 3

no..
it would be y=3.25x+40=56.25

Answer 4

please explain @mohammad.arqum

Answer 5

read the question carefully...
it says that 40 is a fixed amount that he is going to get...
while 3.25 he makes per hour...this means that he can get more of the (3.25) by spending more hours therefore 3.25 is with x=variable..