Question

The local ice cream shop is deciding whether or not to hire a new worker. The shop must pay the worker hourly and cover a daily cost for insurance. The cost to pay an hourly worker for one day is represented by the function y = 10x + 30, where x is hours.

What is the slope, and what does it represent?

30; it represents the hourly wage for the worker

30; it represents the cost for insurance 10; it

represents the hourly wage for the worker 10; it

represents the cost for insurance

Answer 1

hint: \(\Large y = mx+b\) is the general equation of any line in slope intercept form.

m = slope
b = y intercept