Dani's estimate for the cost of tiling her bathroom is $50 plus $3 per square foot. She says that she can model the cost with a linear function. Explain whether or not Dani is correct

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Maleah Mathis

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16 January, 22:14

Dani's estimate for the cost of tiling her bathroom is $50 plus $3 per square foot. She says that she can model the cost with a linear function. Explain whether or not Dani is correct

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Lance Bird · Answer 1

She is correct.

She starts with 50

Each square foot adds 3 dollars ...

so Square feet can be represented by x, and cost will be y ... giving this linear function:

y=3x+50.