Each day, Aldo earns a fixed wage plus extra money for every hour of overtime he works. The graph shows his total pay (in dollars) versus the amount of
overtime (in hours) that he works.
Total pay
(dollars)
Overtime (hours)
(a) What is Aldo's total pay with 0 hours of overtime?
$
(b) Choose the statement that best describes how the amount
of overtime and total pay are related. Then fill in the blank.
As the amount of overtime increases, the total pay
decreases.
At what rate is the total pay decreasing?
$ per hour
As the amount of overtime increases, the total pay
increases.
At what rate is the total pay increasing?
Sper hour