In a certain year, the amount A garbage produced after t days by average person is given A=0.5t. graph the equation for t0 how many days did it take for the average man to produce 100 pounds of garbage?

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In a certain year, the amount A garbage produced after t days by average person is given A=0.5t. graph the equation for t>0 how many days did it take for the average man to produce 100 pounds of garbage?

anonymous · Answer

This would be a straight line. It would take 200 days for an average man to produce that much trash.

anonymous · Answer

Straight line?

anonymous · Answer

What I mean by a straight line is that it has no curves in it. But it does have a slope of .5

anonymous · Answer

Thanks

anonymous · Answer

How was the answer of 200 found? I have a similar question posted, with only different numbers that no one has answered yet.