Real Life Slope Intercept

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4 questions
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A company that manufactures radios first pays a start-up cost, and then spends a certain amount of money to manufacture each radio. If the cost of manufacturing r radios is given by the equation
c= 5.25r + 125, then the value 5.25 best represents

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Each day, a local dog shelter spends an average of $2.40 on food per dog. The manager estimates the shelter's daily expenses, assuming there is at least one dog in the shelter, using the equation
E= 30 +2.40x. Which statements regarding the equation E are correct?

I. x represents the number of dogs at the shelter per day.
II. x represents the number of volunteers at the shelter per day.
III. 30 represents the shelter's total expenses per day.
IV. 30 represents the shelter's nonfood expenses per day.

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The owner of a small computer repair business has one employee, who is paid an hourly rate of $22. The owner estimates his weekly profit using the equation P= 8600 -22x. In this equation, x represents the number of

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The amount Mike gets paid weekly can be represented by the expression 2.50a + 290, where a is the number of cell phone accessories he sells that week. What is the constant term in this expression and what does it represent?