Interpret statements that use function notation in terms of a context - HiSET

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The daily pay in U.S. Dollars for a certain job is defined as the following function , where equals time in hours:

If an employee works for 7 hours in a day, how much is he or she paid?

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The above function can be understood as, "An employee is paid $15 for each hour he or she works, plus a flat amount of $10."

If an employee works 7 hours, we can find the amount that he or she is paid by plugging in 7 for "Hours" in the equation:

Adhering to order of operations, we next find the product of 15 and 7:

Finally, we find the sum of 105 and 10:

The employee is paid $115.00 for seven hours' work.

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