Medical Expense In 1998, a patient paid $300 per day for a semiprivate hospital room and $1500 for an appendectomy operation. Express the total amount paid for an appendectomy as a function of the number of days of hospital confinement

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Answer:

y = 1500 + 300x

Step-by-step explanation:

The medical expense of a patient in 1998 is $300 per day for her semiprivate hospital room and $1500 for an appendectomy operation.

If the patient spent x number of days in the hospital, then the total medical expense of the patient for an appendectomy will be given by  

y = 1500 + 300x (Answer)

Here, $1500 is for the operation and 300x is for room fair for x days.