Question

6. The Zlotnick family pays $233 per month for electricity under balanced billing. At the end of the year, they had used more electricity than the balanced billing covered, and they owed the utility company x dollars. Express their total electricity expenses for the year algebraically

Answer 1

`y = 2796 + x`

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

`m = 233` --- monthly expense

`Extra = x`

Required

The total expenses

First, we calculate the annual billing

`Annual = m * 12`

`Annual = 233 * 12`

`Annual = 2796`

The family's total expenses (y) is calculated by adding the annual billing and the extra expense

`y = Annual + Extra`

`y = 2796 + x`