Cesar rents a bicycle for a flat rate plus $10 per hour. He models the cost of the rental with the function f(x)=10x+15

Question

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=
10
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+
15
, where x
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is the number of hours he rents the bicycle, and f(x)
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is the total cost of the bicycle rental, including the flat rate and the hourly fee. What is the flat rate for the bicycle rental?(1 point)
$
$

Answer 1

The flat rate for the bicycle rental is the constant term in the function \( f(x) = 10x + 15 \).

In this function, \( 10x \) represents the hourly fee ($10 per hour), and the constant \( 15 \) represents the flat rate.

Therefore, the flat rate for the bicycle rental is $15.