Question

Your family spends $30 for tickets to an aquarium and $3 per hour for parking. Write an equation that gives the total cost of your family’s visit to the aquarium as a function of the number of hours that you are there. If your family stays for 8 hours, how much money did your family spend for the visit?

Answer 1

$54

Explanation:

Total cost = ticket cost + parking cost:

C(x) = $30 + ($3/hr)x

An 8-hour stay would cost:

C(8) = $30 + ($3/hr)(8) = $54