Mr. Rosario is ordering the yearbook for Branch Middle School. The yearbook company
charges a flat rate plus $0.75 per layout page. The students at Branch MS designed 44 layouts and the cost of the yearbook was $57.

Use this information to answer a-c.

a. Assuming x represents the
number of layout pages and y
represents the total cost, list
the rate of change and an
ordered pair for this situation.

rate of change:

ordered pair:


b. Write an equation of the
situation in point-slope form.


c. What is the y-intercept and
what does it represent?