Question

The cost of a school banquet is $95 plus $15 for each person attending.

What is the slope or rate of change?

What is the meaning of the slope in context?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The slope or rate of change is $15.

The meaning of the slope in this context is that for each additional person attending the banquet, the cost increases by $15.

Answer 2

how do i work this out to find the rate of change

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the rate of change, you can look at the coefficient of the variable being multiplied by the number of people attending. In this case, the equation is cost = $95 + $15 * number of people attending. The coefficient of the number of people attending is $15, which represents the rate of change. So, the rate of change is $15.