Question

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In a bakery, the number of buns delivered is a function of the number of boxes packed. What is the domain of this function?
a- the Domain includes only integers
b- the Domain includes only positive real numbers
c- the Domain includes only positive integers and 0
d- the Domain includes only rational numbers

Answer 1

Which is the independent variable... ie. the x in a function y(x)

Answer 2

the buns, or the boxes?

Answer 3

b, because the buns can't be negative

Answer 4

THe buns are the range of the function.
The number of boxes is the domain set for the function.

the number of buns depends on the number of boxes packed.

Answer 5

In the real world, what are the possible values for number of boxes?

Answer 6

Can they pack fractions of a box? or must the boxes be integers?

Answer 7

Of course you can't have negative boxes , so it will be greater than or equal to zero, but should # boxes also be integer values?

Answer 8

hmm i think is possible that the boxes be integer values....?

Answer 9

so the answer would be c...?

Answer 10

Positive integers and zero