Question

ABC painting company is painting a house. They charge a travel and cleanup fee of $150.00 per hour to paint. Write an equation in slope-intercept form for this situation. Then tell what the slope and y-intercept represent (in words). Equation: _______________________________Slope (in words):________________________Y-intercept (in words): _________________________

Answer 1

Solution

The equation is given by:

y= 125x+150

Slope (in words): for each hour of increment the price of painting increase in 125 $

y- intercept (in words): represent the fixed cost and the initial fee for painting a house for this case 150$