The flat fee that the store charges is $14 and the cost for 7 hours is $56
A linear equation is on the form:
y = mx + b
where y, x are variables, m is the rate of change and b is the initial value of y.
let f for the total rental cost of a vacuum cleaner for x hours
Using the points (1, 20) and (3, 32) from the table:
[tex]f-f_1=\frac{f_2-f_1}{x_2-x_1} (x-x_1)\\\\f-20=\frac{32-20}{3-1} (x-1)\\\\f(x)=6x+14[/tex]
The flat fee that the store charges is $14
The reasonable domain is 1 ≤ x ≤ 12
The cost for 7 hours is:
f(7) = 6(7) + 14 = 46
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