Question

The cost of renting a sailboat at a lake is $70 per hour plus $12 for life jackets. Write an equation in slope-intercept form that can be used to calculate the total amount you would pay for using this sailboat. DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS ANSWER PLEASE HELP ME I"M SO CONFUSED

Answer 1

Explanation:

x = number of rental hours

we have to pay $70 per hour we rent the boat, plus $12 flat for the life jackets. these $12 we have to pay, even if we finally decide to not start the trip and have 0 hours of rental.

the total cost is then the following function

y = f(x) = 70x + 12

Answer 2

y=70x+12

Explanation:

y= amount of total money spent

x= amount of hours