Question

Rebecca has a landscaping job that will pay $500. Rebecca asks some friends to help her with the work. She will divide the money evenly between each person who works. Which of the following graphs shows the function representing the amount of money each person who works will get paid?

Answer 1

Let n denote the number of people who help Rebecca.

The function representing the amount of money each person who works will get paid is y = 500/n.

The graph that best corresponds to this is the graph of the linear equation y = 500/n.

The graph has a y-intercept at (0,500) and a slope of -500/n.

The graph looks like this:

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0 1/n 2/n 3/n ... n

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