Prime cost is the combination of a manufactured product's costs of direct materials and direct labor. In other words, prime cost refers to the direct production costs.
Prime cost=direct material cost+direct labor cost
Direct material cost of a tabletop is
380×(1÷4)=95 for each tabletop
Direct labor cost
The question says The machinist cuts and polishes five tabletops each hour
Which means 27.50 of direct labor to cut and polish 5 tabletops So direct labor cost for each tabletop is
27.50÷5=5.5
Finally the prime cost of cutting and polishing a tabletop is
Prime cost=95+5.5=100.5
Slope intercept form is y = mx + b
So if you start with 9x - 7y = -7, the first thing you need to do is move the 9x to the other side of the equation by subtracting it from both sides.
9x - 7y = -7
-9x -9x
Now you have -7y = -9x -7
For the equation to be in slope intercept form now you should divide every term by the number in front of your y. In this case divide every term by -7
-<u>7y</u> = <u>-9x</u> <u>-7</u>
-7 -7 -7
That leaves you with: y = 9x/7 + 1
