Question

Anthony was tracking the increasing number of animals in the zoo. At 9 a.m., there were 56 animals. At 11 a.m., there were 60 animals. If Anthony made the function f(x) = 2x − 38, what would the 2 represent?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

its just slpoe >

Answer 3

slope*?

Answer 4

hmm..in 2 hrs, the animals increase by 4, so every hr, the animals increase by 2...y = hrs and x = # animals

y x
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9 56
10 58
11 60
12 62

so your slope is 2

Answer 5

so would that be b ?

Answer 6

OH WAIT HAHA

Answer 7

The number of animals at midnight

The rate at which the number of animals was increasing

The length of time he recorded for

The total change in the number of animals

Answer 8

Those are the answers ^