Sam needs to make a long-distance call from a pay phone. With his prepaid phone card, he will be charged $1.00 to connect and $0.50 per minute. If he places a collect call with the operator he will be charged $3.00 to connect and $0.25 per minute. Write a system to represent this situation.

 The required system of equations representing the given situation is

Step-by-step explanation: Given that Sam needs to make a long-distance call from a pay phone.

We are to write a system to represent the situation.

Let x represent the number of minutes Sam talked on the phone and y represents the total amount that he paid for the call.

According to the given information,

with prepaid phone card, Sam will be charged $1.00 to connect and $0.50 per minute.

So, the equation representing this situation is

Also, if Sam places a collect call with the operator he will be charged $3.00 to connect and $0.25 per minute.

So, the equation representing this situation is

Thus, the required system of equations representing the given situation is

  b.   the average rate of change of f(x) is less than the average rate of change of g(x).

step-by-step explanation:

since the length of the interval is the same in each case, we only need to compare the change in y-value to see which is greater.

so the change in y-value for function f is (6 )) = 9.

the table tells us

so the change in y-value for function g is (31 -1) = 30.

the change in y-value of f(x) on the interval is less than the change in y-value of g(x) on the same interval, so the average rate of change of f(x) is less than the average rate of change of g(x).