Example 1
You visit the rental car dealership in the city. The rental car dealer will rent a car for $45 a month, plus $0.75 per mile traveled. Write a function to represent this scenario. Complete a table of values to show your total cost if you drive 0, 50, 75, 100, 125, and 150 miles in a month. Graph the function and identify the parameters in this problem. What do the parameters represent in the context of the problem?
This applet is provided by Walch Education as supplemental material for their mathematics programs. Visit www.walch.com for more information.