Question

At his job, Tomas earns a commission plus an hourly wage. The function below describes the total dollar amount Tomas earns, based on the number of hours he works,f(h) = 250 +8.5hWhat represents the hourly rate Tomas earns

Answer 1

f(h) = 250 +8.5h

The function is on slope-intercept form:

y(x)= mx +b

Where m is the slope.

Rearranging the function given:

f(h) = 8.5h +250

Where:

250 is the fixed commission since it doesn't have a variable next to it.

8.5 is the hourly wage.

We can see that the hourly rate (8.5 per hour) is the slope of the function.