Question

You have a prepaid bus pass that has $10 on it. Every time you ride the bus it costs you 50 cents. Assume that you cannot put anymore money on the card after it is used. Create an equation for the situation above.

Answer 1

y = 10 - 0.5x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 20

Explanation:

Initial value = (0,10)

final value = (20,0)

Cost per trip = debit of 0.50 = slope

equation : y = 10 - 0.5x for 0 <= x <= 20