Question

There are two hotels that want to offer their guests Internet access. The hotels have different service Plans that charge the users as a function of time, t (in minutes), spent on the computer. The hotels' service plans are represented below, where C represents the cost to use the Internet on that plan:

C = 1.00 t + 5
C = 0.65 t + 7
• Using the equations shown above, explain the meaning of the slope and y-intercept.

Answer 1

Slope is the rate per minute

1) $1 per minute

2) $0.65 per minute

y-intercept is the fixed amount which must be paid regardless of how much time internet is used

1) $5

2) $7