The Masons are driving home from a trip. The function graphed models the Masons' distance from home, y, in miles, after x hours
of driving.
What do the key features of the graph indicate in this situation?
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What do the key features of the graph indicate in this situation?
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2 answers:
ANSWER
The significant features include:
1. The y-intercept indicated by .
This suggests that at time , the Masons are
miles away from their home.
2. The x-intercept represented by .
This implies that after hours, the Masons have arrived home.
The explanation for this is that they have traveled miles, indicating no distance remained between them and their home.
3. The slope of the graph represented by indicates the speed at which they traveled towards their home.
.
This means their speed was .
The negative slope reveals that the distance decreases as they near their home.
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