A data analyst for a phone company is analyzing the data of 150 of their customers, which accounts for 1% of their total customers. The analyst wants to determine the average number of hours each day a customer uses their phone, for calls and for texts, during a 30-day period. Based on the data, the customers averaged 0.25 hours per day per call and 1.75 hours each day for texts. Construct an equation in the correct form of y=mx+b to represent this situation. Let t represent the number of calls made per day, and e represent the total number of hours a customer uses their phone each day
The average number of hours a customer uses their phone each day can be calculated by multiplying the average number of hours per call (0.25) by the number of calls made per day (t) and adding it to the average number of hours for texts (1.75). This gives us:
y = 0.25t + 1.75