Ms. Watson receives a base pay of $150, plus a commission of $45 on each appliance that she sells. Her total pay depend on how many appliances she sells.

What is a linear function for that??

Question

Ms. Watson receives a base pay of $150, plus a commission of $45 on each appliance that she sells. Her total pay depend on how many appliances she sells.

What is a linear function for that??

anonymous · Answer

x be no. of appliances

150 + 45x

mathmale · Answer

Linear functions have the form y=mx+b, where m = slope/rate of change and b = y-coordinate of the y-intercept.

so you'll need to come up with an equation for Pay in the form

Pay = Base Pay + (Commission Rate)*x,  where x is the number of units sold.

mwhit2101 · Answer

pay=150+45x?

mathmale · Answer

Aux is correct.  He / she could improve his/ her response by labeling this function and inserting proper units of measurement.

mathmale · Answer

Note how MWhit has labeled his/her function.  :)

anonymous · Answer

its a function, functions for graphs don't have units ><

anonymous · Answer

but yeah i could've added the word pay.

mathmale · Answer

Doesn't the original question ask for a function?

mwhit2101 · Answer

So my answer would be f(a)=45a+150 mathmale?

mathmale · Answer

Yes.  That'd be perfect if you'd please insert the appropriate units of measurement.

mathmale · Answer

What units of measurement apply here?

mwhit2101 · Answer

f(a)=$45a+$150

mwhit2101 · Answer

>:D

mathmale · Answer

Very, very nice!

mwhit2101 · Answer

Yay thanks :3