Question

Christiana works at Texas Road House and makes $50 each night in tips plus $7.50 per hour. Write a function rule in function notation where M is the total money she makes and h is the number of hours she works in one night.

Answer 1

`M(h) = 7.50h + 50`

Explanation:

Let's first get our variables straight. M is how much money you make each night, and h is the amount of hours she works.

This means that M will be what our function is equal to, aka the y-axis. h will be the x-axis.

We know that you earn a rate of $50 per night through tax, and your hours worked doesn't influence this in any way. That means there will be a constant on this function, +50.

We also know that you earn 7.50$ per hour, which is directly influenced by how many hours you work, so we will have
`7.50h`.

Combining this all together, we get

`M(h) = 7.50h + 50`.

Hope this helped!