Question

Can someone help me in math??????

The slope of the line that represents the data Nicholas collected is -63, and the y-intercept is 825. Explain what these represent in the context of the situation. Remember that x is the number of days, and y is the number of canned goods.

Answer 1

"Based on our model/According to our model/Using our line..."
"FOR EACH INCREASE in the NUMBER OF DAYS, the NUMBER OF CANNED FOODS decreases by -63."

"Based on our model/According to our line/Using our model..."
"On the 0th day, we would have 835 CANNED FOODS."

Answer 2

When a question says 'in context' it basically wants you to say like 'based on our model' and then say how the y-variable changes by the x-variable, and an x-variable of 0 would mean what in the y-variable.

Answer 3

@mhchen Thank you!!!! Can you help with a few more?

Answer 4

Each day that goes by, Nicolas collects 63 fewer canned goods than the day before. This comes from the slope of -63 which equals -63/1. As each day (x) goes up by 1, the number of collected canned goods for that day is 63 fewer than the day before.

On day 0 at the beginning of the canned goods selection, Nicolas begins with 825 canned goods.