A student is completing a homework assignment. Each minute the student records the number of problems left to complete. The table shows the data. What is the rate of change of this linear function? What does the rate of change represent in this situation?

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A student is completing a homework assignment. Each minute the student records the number of problems left to complete. The table shows the data. What is the rate of change of this linear​ function? What does the rate of change represent in this​ situation?

anonymous · Answer

attachment

ganeshie8 · Answer

As the student spends time on working the problems, would the "number of problems left" be increasing or decreasing ?

anonymous · Answer

decrease

ganeshie8 · Answer

good, the same is shown in the given table

ganeshie8 · Answer

|dw:1452615503908:dw|

ganeshie8 · Answer

first row shows the time spent
second row shows the problems left

ganeshie8 · Answer

To start with, how many problems are there to be solved ?

anonymous · Answer

6

anonymous · Answer

im confused

ganeshie8 · Answer

its okay, may i know how you got 6 ?