Question

A local electric company charges a base fee of $8 per month. They charge an additional $0.1125 per kilowatt hour of electricity used. Use this information to answer the following. When you type in your answers, make sure to type the A, B, C, etc. so I know which answer goes to which part of the question. A. Write an equation to represent the total cost a customer will pay for their electric service. Let C represent the total monthly cost and h represent the number of kilowatt hours used. B. What is the slope of your equation and what does it mean in the context of the customer's monthly bill? C. What is the y-intercept of your equation and what does it mean in the context of the customer's monthly bill? D. How much will a customer pay if they use 1500 kilowatt hours of electricity this month? E. The Ticer family wants to keep their monthly bill under $200. How much electricity can they use? Round your answer to the nearest kilowatt hour. 12pt Paragraph В І у Аудуту ...

Answer 1

Solution base fee = 88 per month additional charges $0.1125 per kilowatt hour. ha = no. of kilowatt how used c = total monthly cost . az Total monthly cost = base fee + (ne- of kilowatt ha x Cadditional charges ) c=8 +(hx 0.1125) C 8+ 0.1125h c=0.1125 h +8 2) b c=mhta - B) where m is the slope on comparing (a) & (P) m= 0.1125 { slope of equation 2: 0:1125h+8} The slope represent that there will be a linear increment in total monthly cost as number of kilowatter hour used increased 7 y- intercept of equation comhta C: 0:1125h + 8 when Th=0 Tc=8 it a means that there is no additional charges j.e; there is no consumption of electricity. So, total monthly chow cost is equal to base charge ie; $8. d) for h=1500 kilowatt hous e2 c = 8 + 0.1125h Ih=1500 C=8+10.1125 x1500) C=$176.75 So, monthly charges is $176.75 c =$200 c = 8+ 0.1125 h 1 = $200 8+ 0.1125xh I h=1706.66 1707 Killowatt how {approx} - So that their monthly bill is under $2000 200 So, they use