Question

in a certain year the amount A of garbage in pounds produced after t days by an average household is given by A=8.5t

Answer 1

Graph the equation for t>0.

How many days did it take to produce 200 pounds of garbage?

Answer 2

to produce 200 pounds of grabage ...days required= 200/8.5

Answer 3

that would equal out to be 23.5 days right?

Answer 4

right

Answer 5

Okay so how would I graph it?

Answer 6

to plot graph you've to use different values of t and then find values of A...likt at t=1 A= 8.5....similarly substitute the different values of t and find A then plot it on graph....

Answer 7

for different t find A and plot it

Answer 8

Okay, you kind of lost me there. So I would have to substitute 1 from 8.5?

Answer 9

no...take t= 1..put it in A=8.5*t=8.5*1=8.5...then take t= 1/2...therefore A= 8.5*1/2=4.25...and so on :)

Answer 10

oh okay, I see now

Answer 11

can you do it now? and try to use smaller value of t ..it would be easier to plot

Answer 12

I think I got it

Answer 13

Okay I don't have it, I got 4.25 but then I don't know what to do after that.

Answer 14

well you've to plot it on graph , now

Answer 15

Oh, wow. Just shows how much I know about math

Answer 16

it will come like this...but it's just a rough sketch