An elementary school is taking a busload of children to a science fair. It costs $140.00 to drive the bus to the fair and back, and the school pays each student's $3.00 admission fee. a). Express the trip's cost C(n) as a linear function of the number of children n who make the trip. (Use lower-case letter n.) C(n) = b). Identify the slope and y-intercept of your linear function. m = b = c). Solve for n when C(n) = 158. n = d). Calculate C(13).

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An elementary school is taking a busload of children to a science fair. It costs $140.00 to drive the bus to the fair and back, and the school pays each student's $3.00 admission fee.
a). Express the trip's cost C(n) as a linear function of the number of children n who make the trip. (Use lower-case letter n.)
C(n) =
b). Identify the slope and y-intercept of your linear function.
m =
b =
c). Solve for n when C(n) = 158.
n =
d). Calculate C(13).
e). Explain in practical terms what C(13) means.
C(13) represents the cost of the science fair trip if
children make the trip.
Transcribed Image Text:An elementary school is taking a busload of children to a science fair. It costs $140.00 to drive the bus to the fair and back, and the school pays each student's $3.00 admission fee. a). Express the trip's cost C(n) as a linear function of the number of children n who make the trip. (Use lower-case letter n.) C(n) = b). Identify the slope and y-intercept of your linear function. m = b = c). Solve for n when C(n) = 158. n = d). Calculate C(13). e). Explain in practical terms what C(13) means. C(13) represents the cost of the science fair trip if children make the trip.
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