Question

Aaden signed up for a streaming music service where there's a fixed cost for monthly membership and a cost per song downloaded. His total cost per month is given by the equation c, equals, 2, point, 9, 9, plus, 1, point, 7, 5, xc=2.99+1.75x, where xx represents the number of songs he downloads and cc represents the total cost, in dollars and cents. What could the number 2.99 represent in the equation?
Answer
Multiple Choice Answers
The cost to download 100 songs.
The base cost of the streaming service per month.
The change in the total cost for every one additional download.
The total cost per month assuming one song is downloaded.

Answer 1

The base cost of the streaming service per month.

Reason: When x = 0 (no songs downloaded), c = 2.99, so 2.99 is the fixed monthly membership fee.