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

f
(
x
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=
10
x
+
15
, where x
x
is the number of hours he rents the bicycle, and f(x)
f
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x
)
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

Answer 1

In the function \( f(x) = 10x + 15 \), the term \( 10x \) represents the cost per hour, where \( x \) is the number of hours the bicycle is rented. The constant term \( 15 \) represents the flat rate that is charged regardless of the number of hours rented.

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