A phone company charges for service according to the formula: C(n)=17+0.04n\displaystyle {C}{\left({n}\right)}={17}+{0.04}{n}, where n\displaystyle {n} is the number of minutes talked, and C(n)\displaystyle {C}{\left({n}\right)} is the monthly charge, in dollars.

The rate of change in this equation is:

The initial value in this equation is: