Question

A parking garage charges $5 for the first hour of parking and $1.75 for each additional hour.If y represents the total cost and x represents the total number of hours parked in the garage, which function rule describes this pattern?

Answer 1

y=1.75x+5

Y is the total, it is 1.75 times the number of hours (x) and there is an initial charge of 5 dollars.