Question

Kevin delivers newspapers in his town every morning. The amount he earns from delivering newspapers is given by y = 30x + 18, where y is the amount he earns in cents and x is the number of houses he delivers newspapers to. However, he is paid a certain amount even if he doesn't deliver any newspapers on a certain day. How much is he paid if he doesn't deliver any newspapers? (x 0, y 0)

Answer 1

if x is the # of houses that he delivers to

and he states that he still gets paid some amount even if he doesn't deliver, that means he still gets paid when x = 0

so plug x = 0 into the equation y = 30x + 18 to figure out how much he gets paid