The local service center advertises that it charges a flat fee of $50 plus $8 per mile to tow a vehicle. Write an equation that represents the total cost (C) of a service for m miles of towing.

A plumber charges $50 to make a house call. He also charges $25 per hour for labor.

How much would it cost for 2.5 hours of labor?

Your new job is at the Custom T Shop, where T Shirts are printed to order. For each order, Custom T Shop charges $8 per shirt plus a one time set up fee of $15, represented by the equation y=8x+15

How much would 50 shirts cost?

A 100-point test has x questions worth 2 points apiece and y questions worth 4 points apiece.

If you have 24 questions worth 4 points apiece, how many questions will be worth 2 points apiece?

You are selling drinks at the carnival to raise money. You sell lemonade for $2 per cup and orange drinks for $3 per cup. Your sales totaled $240. Let x be the number of cups of lemonade and y be the number of orange drinks.

Write an equation to represent the situation

You are selling drinks at the carnival to raise money. You sell lemonade for $2 per cup and orange drinks for $3 per cup. Your sales totaled $240. Let x be the number of cups of lemonade and y be the number of orange drinks.

If you sold 60 cups of lemonade, how many cups of orange drink did you sell?