Read the question carefully so that you understand it and you know what is relevant and what is irrelevant (the type of business, for example).
A) Given a $500 budget, subtract the flat rate of $10. That comes off the top, leaving you $490. Divide $490 by 8 cents, which needs to be expressed in dollars unless you want to express the budget in pennies, which I do not recommend. So, $490 / $0.08. Round down if necessary.
B) For the data table, I always like to include 0 as one of my inputs; in this case, that will mean zero copies. The cost of zero copies is the flat fee of $10. Next, you can figure out the cost of 10 copies or however many you want, but let's say 10. The cost for that would be $10 (flat fee) + [10 (#of copies) x $0.08 (cost per copy)].
The question asks for at least six values or inputs. I would do eight for yourself and for your teacher.
C) Use your data table to plot a graph. The horizontal axis will be your inputs, meaning the number of copies. Your vertical axis will be the cost in dollars. This grid will be only quadrant I, because there are never a negative number of copies or a negative amount of money spent.
D) This is asking for an equation. The choice of variables and the notation is up to you, but I'm going to use function notation, C for cost, and n for number of copies. Some would leave out the dollar signs, but those are symbols and I think that it makes more sense to show it with them even though when doing calculations you wouldn't use them directly. C(n) = $10 + $0.08n
