The correct answers are:
1) The slope represents Zoe earning $36 for each hour of overtime.
2) The y-intercept represents Zoe has $960 of gross pay when she works 0 hours for the pay period.
Suppose Zoe worked overtime at her job during a recent pay period, which is considered beyond 40 hours. Let the function P(t)=36t+960 represent the gross pay in dollars for Zoe as a function of the number of overtime hours worked, t
. What do the slope and y
-intercept of P(t) represent in this situation? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)
Responses
The slope represents Zoe earning $36 for each hour of overtime.
The slope represents Zoe earning $36 for each hour of overtime.
The y
-intercept represents Zoe has a gross pay of $36 when she works 0 hours for the pay period.
The y-intercept represents Zoe has a gross pay of $36 when she works 0 hours for the pay period.
The y
-intercept represents Zoe has $960 of gross pay when she works 0 hours for the pay period.
The y-intercept represents Zoe has $960 of gross pay when she works 0 hours for the pay period.
The slope represents Zoe earning $36 for each hour worked in the first 40 hours of the pay period.
The slope represents Zoe earning $36 for each hour worked in the first 40 hours of the pay period.
The y
-intercept represents Zoe has $960 of gross pay when she works a total of exactly 40 hours for the pay period.
The y-intercept represents Zoe has $960 of gross pay when she works a total of exactly 40 hours for the pay period.
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