For 3 hours of work, a consultant charges $300. For 5 hours of work, she charges $400. How do you write an equation to represent this?
1 Answer
Feb 3, 2016
Explanation:
This linear equation is represented by a straight line where the input is x for the number of hours worked, and the output is y for the income earned. Given here are two points on the line so the slope of the line can be calculated as follow:
in this case: