Question

A pizza restaurant charges a flat fee for a plain cheese pizza. There is an extra charge for any additional toppings. The cost of a pizza can be determined from the equation c=0.5m+5, where M is the number of additional toppings and see is the cost of the pizza ordered. What are the interpretations of slope and Y intercept in the equation?

Answer 1

Answer:

The y-intercept is the flat fee for the pizza - $5. The slope is the charge for each additional topping - $.50

Step-by-step explanation:

c=.5m+5

y=mx+b - slope intercept formula

In the slope-intercept formula, the 'b' is the y-intercept. We know that would be the flat fee because there is no variable attached to it.

In that formala, m is the slope and is attached to a variable, x. This problem uses the variable m instead of x, but we can see that the slope for .5m would be .5. Thus, that's the charge for the toppings. Hope that helps!