The following chart shows the number of days a book is overdue and the fines for that book. Find an equation that defines the fines with respect to the number of days overdue. Explain your steps. Explain what the values in your final equation mean. Number of Days OverdueFines (dollars)
2$1.20
5$1.50
15$2.50
30$4.00

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to solve for a variable means to isolate the variable on one side of the equation.

note: we can write (1/2)(bh) as one fraction like this (bh/2). they mean the same thing.

we now have this:

a = (bh/2)

we multiply both sides of the fractional equation by 2. this is done to remove the fraction.

doing this we now have a linear equation:

2a = bh

we now divide both sides of the equation by h to find the value of b.

final answer:

(2a/h) = b

the answer is

1/32

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