Jeremy decides while visiting the city to rent a bike to get around to see the sites. In order to rent the bike, there is a flat fee of

Question

and an hourly rate of
. The function
represents the cost for Jeremy to rent the bike for his entire ride.

Complete the statement.

The variable
represents
and the variable
represents

Answer 1

To complete the statement based on the context of bike rental:

The variable \( t \) represents the number of hours Jeremy rents the bike, and the variable \( C(t) \) represents the total cost for Jeremy to rent the bike for \( t \) hours.

The cost function is typically structured like this:

\[ C(t) = \text{flat fee} + (\text{hourly rate} \times t) \]