These are pretty easy once you get the concept.
think of <em>random letter</em> (x) as the term y, so in the case of p(x)=-3+4x, its just asking what is y when x equals all those values.
so p(-2) = -3 + 4(-2), since its asking to plug in -2 for x, which equals -11
p(0) = -3 + 4(0)
= -3
p(5) = -3 + 4(5)
= 17
This is a compound interest problem so you cannot use the simple interest formula. Effectively the total amount is being compounded each year by 6%. There is a formula for compound interest but in this simple example you can work this out recursively.
year 1 = 6500
year2 = 6500*1.06 = 6890
year3 = 6890*1.06 = 7303
year4 = 7303*1.06 = 7741..
etc......
year12 = 11604*1.06 = 12338
Heidi : 1/6 = 0.166
Lisa : 16% = 0.160
Martina : 0.200
Jaydie : 0.180
least to greatest : Lisa, Heidi, Jaydie, Martina
<span>f(x) is the function that models Peters total video game time.
</span><span>Peter played his favorite video game for 10 hours last week.
</span><span>Peters parents restricted him to 5 additional hours each week for the next 8 weeks.
After 8 weeks Peter will have played f(x) hours video game.
f(x)=10+8*x , where x is the number of hours Peter plays every week and this number is smaller than 5 (his parents restricted this number) , x<5
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