2 Nick puts an advertisement out for mowing lawns, shown in the table below. People must pay
a small travel fee to cover his gas money in addition to an hourly pay for his services. The
image shows the total cost of his services based off the hours he works. Write an equation that
represents the situation and then explain what each part of the equation represents. Solve for
m in its simplest form. Show all your work.
Lawn Mowing Service
Hours
257
a) Equation:___
b) y represents:
x represents:
Total Cost
$21
$45
$61
; m represents:
; b represents:
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