What we know:
Carpet cleaner a charges $28.25 plus $18 a room. Carpet cleaner B charges $19.85 Plus $32 a room.
What we need to find:
Which equation can be used to find the number of rooms for which the total cost of both carpet cleaners is the same?
28.25 + 18x=19.85 + 32x
1/5 hour = 1/20
so to get 5/5, or 1 hour
you multiply 1/20*5 to get 5/20
There is a formula to find the slope (m)
(y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
So we now have y = mx + b where m is the value you just calculated
The y intercept (b) = y - mx
Plug in the x,y values for one of your points into this formula
1 by 120
2 by 60
3 by 40
4 by 30
5 by 24
6 by 20
8 by 15
10 by 12
The answer would be multiplies by 1/3