Question

A Pottery Studio charges a $15 Supply fee plus $8 per piece of pottery.The total cost of paintings y can be represented by the equation y=8x + 15.What does the slope represent?

Answer 1

supply fee = $15

cost of a piece of pottery = $8

$\begin{gathered} y=8x+15 \\ \text{slope = 8} \\ \text{slope = cost per piece of pottery} \end{gathered}$

Note the equation is

y = mx + c

where

m = slope

c = y intercept