If you write an expression to represent the followingsituation, how can you determine which is the constant and whichis the coefficient of the variable? The zoo charges the Garcia family an admission fee of $5.25 per personand a one-time fee of $3.50 to rent a wagon for their young children.
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Answer:constant: one-time feecoefficient: per-person feeStep-by-step explanation:The total fee will be the sum of the one-time fee (a constant) and the product of the number of people and the fee per person (the coefficient).If you are interested in the fee, you must multiply the fee per person by the number of persons. In that product, the number of persons is the variable, and its coefficient is the fee per person.The one-time fee remains the same for any number of persons. It is constant._____Additional commentThe role the numbers play depends on what you define as "this situation." In the above, we have assumed that the value of interest is the total fee paid. That is not the only "situation" being described.If your "situation" is concerned with the average fee paid per person, the equation for that will be ... avg fee = 5.25 + 3.50/n . . . . for n personsIn this equation, the constant is 5.25 (the per-person fee), and the coefficient is 3.50 (the one-time fee).You always need to be certain what is mean by "this situation" when you are asked to describe it in equations.