Question

You work for a manufacturing company on a production line that manufactures cell phones. You are paid#30 a day plus $0.75 for each phone that you assemble. Predict your wages if you assemble 100 phones in one day, using the equation of the trend line y=0.75x+30, where x is the number of phones assembled one day and y is the total wages. write yout wages in dollars and cents.

Answer 1

To calculate your wages based on the equation \( y = 0.75x + 30 \), where \( x \) is the number of phones assembled, plug in \( x = 100 \):

\[ y = 0.75(100) + 30 \]

First, calculate \( 0.75 \times 100 \):

\[ 0.75 \times 100 = 75 \]

Now, add this to the base pay of $30:

\[ y = 75 + 30 = 105 \]

So, your total wages for assembling 100 phones in one day would be $105.00.