Problem 1: Dwayne took his car to have the timing belt replaced. If the belt costs $150 and the mechanic charges $85 per hour for his labor, write an equation that relates Dwayne's total cost(t) to the number of hours (h) the mechanic works. 1. What is the beginning value or b or y-intercept?

2. What is the rate per hour or slope or m?

3. Put the two values in the equation y=mx+b

Asales representative from a local radio station is trying to convince the owner of a small fitness club to advertise on her station. the representative says that if the owner begins advertising on the station today, the club's total number of members will grow exponentially each month. she uses the given expression to model the number of club members, in hundreds, after advertising for t months.