Question

Callie sells cookies each Friday at a local farmers market. The graph below represents the amount of money Callie has earned from cookie sales so far this season. what is the rate of change? what does the rate of change represent in the context of this situation?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) The rate of change is 3.5

b) The rate of change represents the price of a single cookie. $3.5

Step-by-step explanation:

a) To determine the rate of change along the graph, select a pair on the graph as;

(2,7)  and (8,28)

Rate of change, m= change in y/change in x

m=28-7/8-2 = 21/6 =7/2 = 3.5

b)

The equation of the relationship can be written as;

y=3.5 x + 0  where y is the amount collected and x is the number of cookies sold.

The slope here represents the price per cookie in $, $3.5