Sarai went to an amusement park, paying $5 to get in. After that you paid $3 per ride. Write the equation in slope intercept form to represent the situation.

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Sarai went to an amusement park, paying $5 to get in.  After that you paid $3 per ride.  Write the equation in slope intercept form to  represent the situation.

HelperA · Answer

So she paid $5 to get in the amusement park, Then she paid 3 per ride, The graph should look like this

HelperA · Answer

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HelperA · Answer

(Very messy graph)

Mercury · Answer

Politely disagree with the previous response. Because she paid a flat fee of $5 to get in, the graph needs to start at (0,5) rather than the origin. otherwise the slope is correct.