Pete worked 7 hours and charged 390. Rosalee worked 8 hours and charged 430. If Pete's charge is a linear function of the number of hours worked, find the formula for Pete's rate, and how much he would charge for working 1010 hours for Fred?
1 Answer
Feb 14, 2018
Explanation:
First step is to rule out the useless information given, which is how much Rosalee charges. Next let's calculate the linear function for how much Pete charges.
In Pete's case:
Now we have a function
To find out how much money he would charge for 1010 hours of work simply plug 1010 in for
Simplify: