Becky babysits her younger siblings for $5.00 for the first hour and $3.00 for each remaining hour. She never babysits them for more than 4 hours. Becky wrote the
following equation to calculate the amount of money, y, she will receive after babysittin
for h hours.
y = 5 + 3(1 - 1)
Which is a reasonable range for the given situation?
A. 1 B. 5 C. 3 D. 3

B. 5

Step-by-step explanation:

If you are looking at this equation, you have to follow order of operations. First, you start with the parentheses. 1-1=0. Next you multiply 3(0) to get 0. 5 + 0= 5.

let's add {f(x)=x+1}f(x)=x+1 and {g(x)=2x}g(x)=2x together to make a new function.

f(x)+g(x) =(x+1)+(2x)=x+1+2x=3x+1

let's call this new function hh. so we have:

{h(x)}={f(x)}+{g(x)}{=3x+1}h(x)=f(x)+g(x)=3x+1

we can also evaluate combined functions for particular inputs. let's evaluate function hh above for x=2x=2. below are two ways of doing this.

method 1: substitute x=2x=2 into the combined function hh.

h(x)

h(2)

​    

=3x+1

=3(2)+1

=7

​ since h(x)=f(x)+g(x)h(x)=f(x)+g(x), we can also find h(2)h(2) by finding f(2) +g(2)f(2)+g(2).

first, let's find f(2)f(2):

f(x)

f(2)

​    

=x+1

=2+1

=3

​  

now, let's find g(2)g(2):

g(x)

g(2)

​    

=2x

=2⋅2

=4

​  

so f(2)+g(2)=3+4=\greend7f(2)+g(2)=3+4=7.

notice that substituting x =2x=2 directly into function hh and finding f(2) + g(2)f(2)+g(2) gave us the same answer!