Question

mariam has a dog sitting business the amount of money mariam makes for each hour is represented by the linear equation y=7x+3 what is her initial fee

Answer 1

We can note the x denotes the time in hours and y the amount of money. Then, the initial fee ocurrs at x=0. By substituting this value into our line equation,we get

$\begin{gathered} y=7(0)+3 \\ y=3 \end{gathered}$

so, the answer is $3