A school club is raising money for a trip, and needs to reach $10,000. Their fundraising progress is modeled by the function

f(x) = 435 1200x, where x is measured in weeks.

What is the meaning of the coefficient 1200?

Question

A school club is raising money for a trip, and needs to reach $10,000. Their fundraising progress is modeled by the function

f(x) = 435   1200x, where x is measured in weeks.

What is the meaning of the coefficient 1200?

Mercury · Answer

equation: f(x) = 435 + 1200x

choices:
A) It is the amount they started with.
B) It is the amount still to be raised.
C) It is the amount which is left over.
D) It is the amount they raise each week.

Mercury · Answer

thoughts? as a hint, consider x to be the # of weeks. if 1200 is being multiplied by x, what do you think the 1200 part in 1200x represents?