Why can you use the constant of proportionality with any representation?

Aflute is on sale for 20% off. including the discount and 8% tax, the sales price is $216.

Barney & noblet customers can choose to purchase a membership for $25 per year members receive 10% off all store purchases 1. how much would a member pay per year if he bought $50 worth of items each year? 2. write a slope-intercept equation that expresses how much a member pays per year using x to represent his purchases per year 3. how much would a member have to spend per year to pay off his membership fee?

Charlie is at an amusement park that has 18 different rides. each ride costs $1.75. the function c(r) = 1.75r represents the total amount of money that charlie will spend if he goes on r rides, but he never goes on the same one more than once. what domain and range are reasonable for the function?