Question

The graph below shows the distance, y, in miles, of a bird from its nest for a certain amount of time, x, in minutes:

Answer 1

Answer:

$0.2$ miles per minute represents the speed of the bird and 3 miles represents the original distance of the bird from its nest.

Step-by-step explanation:

As there is no graph mentioned here but the information are quite sufficient to answer the question.

We have points $(0,3), (5,4),(10,5)...$

From these points we can find the slope of the line .

From point slope formula $y-y_1=m(x-x_1)$

And assigning $(x,y) (0,3)$ and $(x_1,y_1) (5,4)$

$m=\frac{y_1-y}{x_1-x} =\frac{4-3}{5-0} =\frac{1}{5}=0.2$

This slope is also the speed of the bird which is $0.2\ miles\ per\ minute.$

As by plugging the values of any coordinate point we can confirm this.

Lets put $(10,5)$, y-axis is the distance so in $10$ minutes the the distance covered by the bird must be equal to to y-axis value which is $5$ miles.

$y=0.2(x),y=0.2(10)=5\ miles$

Now as in $t=0$ the bird has started from y-intercept value $3$ so we can say that,the original distance of the bird from its nest is $3\ miles$.

So the correct choices are:$B$ and $D$

The birds speed is $0.2\ miles$ per minute and is $3\ miles$ away from its nest.