A car company offers financing to its customers. For the newest model, customers can pay $2000 down and then $250 a month. Write an equation for this situation. What does the independent variable represent? What does the dependent variable represent?
Answer: C: y = 250x + 2000; the independent variable, x, represents the number of months after buying the car and the dependent variable, y, represents the amount of money paid on the car.
