Answer:
number of years worked, salary, salary, number of years worked, M(x)=4,000x+60,000, M(9)=96,000, switch your very last answer
Step-by-step explanation:
The dependant veriable depends on whatever the independent variable is.
Ryan was offered a job after college earning a salary of $60,000. He will get a raise of $4,000 after each year working for the company.
In this problem, the dependant variable is the salary, because his salary depends on the number of years he's worked.
If you think about it as if it's really happening, it'll make more sense--the longer you work at a job, the more raises you'll get over time.
To put this into an equation, we have to use slope-intercept form: y=mx+b
y is the same as M(x), m is your dependent variable, x is your independent variable, and b is the amount you start with.
Then we just plug the numbers in:
the dependant variable is 4000, independent is the years (which we don't need yet, so it stays as x) and the amount he will start with is 60000
M(x)=4,000x+60000
for M(9), you just plug 9 into x and solve
M(9)=4,000(9)+60000=96,000
Finally, 9 years after being hired, his salary will be 96000 (dollars? I don't know what answer goes here but what you put doesn't really fit)
I really hope I didn't explain that too badly or completely wrong because it's been a bit since I learned this so sorry, but fun fact, I remember doing this exact delta math, and I also remember hating it so good luck
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