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Chef Walker charges a $200 fee plus $18 per person served. The cost is a function of the number of guests. Write an equation that represents the number of guests. Identify the slope and y-intercept and describe their meanings. Find the cost for catering an event for 200 guests.
What is y = 18x + 200; slope = 18, y-intercept = 200, the slope is the cost per person and the 200 is the catering fee, it will cost $3,800 to feed 200 guests.