Assume a 150 pound person burns 120 calories after 2 hours of sleep and 240 calories after 4 hours of sleep.
Part 1 : Use calories as the y-coordinate and hours as the x-coordinate. After writing two ordered pairs, find the slope. What does the slope represent in terms of the information provided?

Part 2 : Write an equation, in slope intercept form, to represent this data.

Part 3 : How many calories will this person burn after 8 hours of sleep? Using complete sentences, explain how the equation, slope, or graph can help to predict calories burned.

Question

Assume a 150 pound person burns 120 calories after 2 hours of sleep and 240 calories after 4 hours of sleep.
Part 1 : Use calories as the y-coordinate and hours as the x-coordinate. After writing two ordered pairs, find the slope. What does the slope represent in terms of the information provided?

Part 2 : Write an equation, in slope intercept form, to represent this data.

Part 3 : How many calories will this person burn after 8 hours of sleep? Using complete sentences, explain how the equation, slope, or graph can help to predict calories burned.

anonymous · Answer

y=60x

anonymous · Answer

I don't believe your answer helped me at all :[

anonymous · Answer

At time zero, zero calories used (0,0).  At time two, 120 calories used (2,120).  Those points give the line I indicated.  After eight hours, put eight in for x, and get the number of calories burned (480).