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Bob needs his refrigerator fixed. The repairman will charge Bob a flat fee of $40 plus an additional $15 for each hour he needs to work on it. Write an equation to represent Bob's cost to repair his refrigerator. Use y for the total cost and x for hours.

Respuesta :

Given:

Fixed fee = $40

Additional fee = $15 per hour

To find:

The equation to represent Bob's cost to repair his refrigerator.

Solution:

Let y be the total cost for x hours.

Additional fee for one hour = $15

Additional fee for x hour = $15x

Total cost = Fixed fee + Additional fee

[tex]y=40+15x[/tex]

Therefore, the required equation is [tex]y=40+15x[/tex].

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