Ian is going to use a computer at an internet cafe. The cafe charges an initial fee to

use the computer and then an additional price per minute of usage. It is known that

the total charge to use a computer for 5 minutes would be $6 and that the additional

rate per minute of use is $0.40. Write an equation for the function C (t),

representing the total cost of using a computer for t minutes at the internet cafe.

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Dylan Zhang

Mathematics

15 April, 22:41

Ian is going to use a computer at an internet cafe. The cafe charges an initial fee to

use the computer and then an additional price per minute of usage. It is known that

the total charge to use a computer for 5 minutes would be $6 and that the additional

rate per minute of use is $0.40. Write an equation for the function C (t),

representing the total cost of using a computer for t minutes at the internet cafe.

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C (t) = 6 +.4t

Step-by-step explanation:

Since there is a constant rate of 6 for the first 5 minutes, that would be a value itself. After that, it would always differ by. 4 every minute, making this the function.