There was a fair at Brad's high school this weekend. It was open for 10 hours on Saturday and the ticket sales were recorded. Th
e ticket sales for Saturday can be approximated by the equation y = 4.6x - 12.2. What was the approximate rate of change for the number of tickets sold? 10 tickets/hour
The equation that represents the ticket sales is the equation of a line:
y = 4.6*x - 12.2
The equation of any given line can be writen by the following formula:
y = m*x + b
Where "m" is the slope of the line, or the rate of change, while b is the value for "y" when "x" is zero. Therefore in this case the rate of change is the number multiplying "x", so 4.6 tickets/hour.
