Lynne walks dogs everyday to earn money. the fees she charges per month are 1 dog $40, 2 dogs $37.25, 3 dogs $34.50 each, 4 dogs $31.75 each. a pet store wants her to walk 8 dogs. if the pattern continues, how much will lynne charge to walk each of the 8 dogs?

$20.75

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Lynne walks dogs everyday to earn money.

The fees she charges per month are 1 dog $40 each , 2 dogs $37.25 each, 3 dogs, $34.50 each and 4 dogs $31.75 each.

let x be the number of dogs and f(x) be fee she charged per month.

We know that, the rate of change of f(x), if pattern continues

Thus she decreases her fee $2.75 per on  increment of number of dogs

For x=8 , to find f(8), we consider same pattern to 8 dogs.

Thus,

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step-by-step explanation:

if a = 1,   and b = 2, then the answer is 47.99999999. if you round that to the nearest whole number, the answer is 48.