Daniel could do 20 pushups when he first began his workout program. He increased the number of pushups he completed by 5 each week for 8 wk. Let w represent the number of weeks, and let p represent the number of pushups he completed.

What is the slope of the line that models this situation?

A.
5

B.
8

C.
20

D.
40

Question

Daniel could do 20 pushups when he first began his workout program. He increased the number of pushups he completed by 5 each week for 8 wk. Let w represent the number of weeks, and let p represent the number of pushups he completed.
 
What is the slope of the line that models this situation?
 
 A.
5
 
 B.
8
 
 C.
20
 
 D.
40

twizttiez · Answer

Wouldn't the slope be B?

haleyelizabeth2017 · Answer

The slope is how much the 'line' is going up each time so what do you believe it to be?

uri · Answer

the slope should be 5 because he increased the no. of push ups by 5 each week

twizttiez · Answer

Ok i get it can i get help with a few more?

haleyelizabeth2017 · Answer

slope=rise/run and since it is going up 5 each time (1) then 5 is the rise and anything over 1, is the beginning number so @uri is correct.

twizttiez · Answer

When Ava sat down to read her book, she had already read 54 pages. Forty-five minutes later, she had read a total of 92 pages. Let m represent the number of minutes Ava read, and let p represent the number of pages she read.
 
Which ordered pairs (m, p) would be graphed on the line that models this situation?
 
Choose all answers that are correct.
 
 A.
(0, 54)
 
 B.
(1, 54)
 
 C.
(54, 92)
 
 D.
(45, 92)

twizttiez · Answer

I'm lost on this one

haleyelizabeth2017 · Answer

Please post this in another question. Thank you.

twizttiez · Answer

Ok