Question

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Answer 1

Part A: Max rented a motorbike at $465 for 5 days. If he rents the same motorbike for a week, he has to pay a total rent of $625.

Write an equation in the standard form to represent the total rent (y) that Max has to pay for renting the motorbike for x days. (4 points)

Part B: Write the equation obtained in Part A using function notation. (2 points)

Part C: Describe the steps to graph the equation obtained above on the coordinate axes. Mention the labels on the axes and the intervals. (4 points)

Answer 2

@tshimp0629 @TheMudkipFryAlt

Answer 3

@AnsleyfaithEchols @jabez1777

Answer 4

Im no good at these sort of things, sorry

Answer 5

@3mar

Answer 6

@563blackghost

Answer 7

@ReneSiara

Answer 8

@KamiBug

Answer 9

yeah
ok
I haven't helped people in ages, so forgive me if I explain things weird (feel free to ask if you get confused in any part of my explaining)

there's this way to format equations called the y-intercept form
it looks kinda like:
y = mx + b

you know that? :)

Answer 10

Could you give me 15 min, please?

Answer 11

yes @3mar

Answer 12

yeah well the first step would be to plug in numbers where you can

we can make 1 equation for the two different time lengths
(time lengths); like 5 days and a "week" (7 days), are "x"
and the total the person paid (465) and (625), are "y"

we plug this in and get
465 = m*(5) + b
and
625 = m*(7) + b

@firechild17 do you see where I got that?

Answer 13

yes @jigglypuff314 i know that formula and yes i see how you got that

Answer 14

awesome ^_^
using those two equations we want to solve for m and b

Answer 15

okay and how do we do that again? @jigglypuff314

Answer 16

we can say
465 = m*(5) + b --> b = 465 - 5m
and
625 = m*(7) + b --> b = 625 - 7m

then since b = b
465 - 5m = 625 - 7m
and we can solve for m

Answer 17

okay

Answer 18

once we get a number for m
we can plug it back into
b = 465 - 5m
to get b

Answer 19

This doesnt make sense...I am still confused @jigglypuff314

Answer 20

alright, where did I lose yah? :D

Answer 21

we have two equations

we know that because we are going to the same store, the (per day rate) and (flat rate) [(m) and (b)] are equal

in other words, the (m) from the first equation should be equal to the (m) in the second equation; (same with the b)
because of this, we can set the two equations equal to each other to find m and b

Answer 22

I am horrible at math and truthfully when you started talking about finding B

Answer 23

yeah, I realized that I might have rushed through explaining that xD so it was my bad, sorry

basically, we got two equations
465 = m*(5) + b
and
625 = m*(7) + b

right?

then we want to find (m) and (b)

Answer 24

yes we have to find M and B
so we divide the first equation by 5 and the second one by 2?

Answer 25

hmm I don't think we have to multiply or divide anything
I think we can solve for (b) first with just adding and subtracting easy stuff

Answer 26

okay what do you mean?

Answer 27

well if we move everything to one side, for each equation

for example,
465 = 5m + b [subtract 465 from both sides]
->
0 = 5m + b - 465

right?

Answer 28

okay

Answer 29

then
625 = m*(7) + b
becomes
0 = 7m + b - 625

right?

Answer 30

yes

Answer 31

and 0 = 0
so we can set the equations equal to each other

5m + b - 465 = 7m + b - 625

right?

Answer 32

but then if we subtract both sides by b
5m + b - 465 = 7m + b - 625
- b - b
--------------------------- we get
5m - 465 = 7m - 625

and now we can solve for m

Answer 33

@firechild17
Do you still need help?
Sorry for being late for you!
The electricity was off!

@jigglypuff314 has walked with you very well!
Thanks for him!

If you still need help, I will not be late for you.

Answer 34

@3mar i am still confused