A cable service provider charges $40 per month for its basic package plus an additional $5.35 for each premium channel chosen. T
he average cost for cable per additional channel is given by the expression 5.35x + 40 / x, where x is the number of premium channels added to the basic package. What does the quotient 40/x represent?
So we start by combining like terms; Now we have; We then subtract 1 from both sides; Then we divide both sides by 5; Leaving the final answer to be h = -2