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The cost of tuition at a community college is given by C(x) = 477 + 71x, where x is the number of credit hours. Interpret the slope of this function as a rate of change. A. The tuition at the community college increases by $71 for each additional credit hour. B. The tuition at the community college increases by $477 for each additional 71 credit hours. C. The number of credit hours increases by 71 for each increase of $477 in tuition. D. The tuition at the community college increases by $477 for each additional credit hour.

          The cost of tuition at a community college is given by C(x) = 477 + 71x, where x is the number of credit hours. Interpret the slope of this function as a rate of change.
A. The tuition at the community college increases by $71 for each additional credit hour.
B. The tuition at the community college increases by $477 for each additional 71 credit hours.
C. The number of credit hours increases by 71 for each increase of $477 in tuition.
D. The tuition at the community college increases by $477 for each additional credit hour.
        
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The cost of tuition at a community college is given by C(x) = 477 + 71x, where x is the number of credit hours. Interpret the slope of this function as a rate of change.
A. The tuition at the community college increases by 71 for each additional credit hour.
B. The tuition at the community college increases by477 for each additional 71 credit hours.
C. The number of credit hours increases by 71 for each increase of 477 in tuition.
D. The tuition at the community college increases by477 for each additional credit hour.

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The cost of tuition at a community college is given by C(x) = 477 + 71x, where x is the number of credit hours. Interpret the slope of this function as a rate of change. A. The tuition at the community college increases by $71 for each additional credit hour. B. The tuition at the community college increases by $477 for each additional 71 credit hours. C. The number of credit hours increases by 71 for each increase of $477 in tuition. D. The tuition at the community college increases by $477 for each additional credit hour.
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00:01 You just graduated from your local community college and have decided to enroll as a part -time student taking fewer than 12 credit hours at the university.
00:08 Full -time college work does not fit into your present financial or personal situation.
00:13 The cost per credit hour at the university is $2 .75 per credit hour.
00:20 $2 .75 per credit hour.
00:25 So we want to know what is the cost of a three credit hour literature course.
00:32 So three credit hour literature course would be three times $2 .75.
00:42 So toss that into the calculator and that gives us $825.
00:51 And then b says write a symbolic rule to determine the total tuition for a given number of credit hours.
01:00 Select n represents the number of credit hours taken and t represents a total tuition paid.
01:06 So the total tuition paid is going to be $2 .75 times n is the number of credit hours...
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