You are considering taking some courses at your local community college on a part-time basis for the upcoming school year. For a student who carries fewer than twelve credits (the full-time minimum), the tuition is $155 for each credit hour taken. All students, part-time or full-time, must pay a $20 parking fee for the semester. This fixed fee is added directly to your tuition and is included in your total bill. Write an equation to determine the total bill, t, for a student carrying fewer than twelve credit hours. Use n to represent the number of hours taken for the semester. Then, determine its value.

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Isiah Lowery

21 April, 15:57

You are considering taking some courses at your local community college on a part-time basis for the upcoming school year. For a student who carries fewer than twelve credits (the full-time minimum), the tuition is $155 for each credit hour taken. All students, part-time or full-time, must pay a $20 parking fee for the semester. This fixed fee is added directly to your tuition and is included in your total bill. Write an equation to determine the total bill, t, for a student carrying fewer than twelve credit hours. Use n to represent the number of hours taken for the semester. Then, determine its value.

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Skyler Archer · Answer 1

Costs are:

$155 per credit hour for n credit hours (n < 12)

$20 for parking

t = 155n + 20

The maximum you would have to pay is:

t = 155 (11) + 20

= $1,725 for the semester