Christopher is a graphic designer who creates business websites. It takes him 2.4 hours to complete one website page. He finds out about a new software program that will cut his time in half for completing one page, but it will take him 15 hours to learn the new program

Christopher needs to create so that his time spent will be the same as his current time, the equation could be: 2.4x = 1.2x + 15

in mathematics, a function is a relationship between two variables such that the value of one of the variables, called the dependent variable, is determined by the value of the other variable, called the independent variable. there is a specific term we use to describe the set of independent variables of a function.