A plumber charges a fixed call-out fee plus a fixed hourly rate for the time spent on a job.
A job lasting 2 hours costs £115.
A job lasting 5 hours costs £250.
The plumber's charge, £CCC, for a job lasting t t\,t hours is modelled by a straight line.
Find an equation for C C\,C in terms of ttt.
Interpret the gradient and the vertical intercept of your model in the context of the question.
143 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Maths 1.6 C: Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane, covering 1.6.1 Equation of a straight line, 1.6.2 Coordinate geometry of the circle, 1.6.3 Parametric equations of curves (A-level only), and 1.6.4 Parametric equations in modelling (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.