Question
A cable TV company charges $27 for the basic service plus $7 for each movie channel. Let y be the total cost in dollars of subscribing to cable TV, using x movie channels. What is the fixed cost?
Question content area bottom
Part 1
A.
$27
B.
$7
C.
minus$7
D.
No fixed cost
Question content area bottom
Part 1
A.
$27
B.
$7
C.
minus$7
D.
No fixed cost
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The fixed cost in this situation is the cost that does not depend on the number of movie channels subscribed to. In the case of the cable TV company, the fixed cost is the basic service charge.
Since the company charges $27 for the basic service regardless of the number of movie channels selected, the correct answer is:
**A. $27**
Since the company charges $27 for the basic service regardless of the number of movie channels selected, the correct answer is:
**A. $27**