Maggie babysits on the weekend. She receives $10 for arriving and $8 for each hour of babysitting. Define a variable and write an expression to represent the situation.

f (x) = 10 + 8x

The hours she works is the variable.

Step-by-step explanation:

$10 is the initail amount that Maggie is getting paid. The $8 on the other hand, will need to be multiplied for every hour Maggie babysits.