Question

Samantha works at an animal shelter. She decides to track the total number of kittens that are brought in. The

Answer 1

Answer:

  C) The domain represents the weeks that have passed since Samantha started counting the kittens. The domain is all whole numbers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The problem statement tells you the independent variable w represents weeks that have passed. "Domain" refers to values the independent variable may have, so choices A or B make no sense here.

Time is measured continuously, and fractions of a week are possible. So, the domain could be non-negative real numbers. However, the answer choice D is "all real numbers", which includes negative numbers for which the function makes no sense.

The domain "all whole numbers" includes non-negative integers. It is reasonable to restrict the domain to non-negative integer numbers of weeks, so answer choice C is the best option.