Question

Kirima is building a wall for her snow fort. She first makes a firm base out of snow, and then piles uniformly sized blocks of snow in a brick-like pattern. She has a maximum height for this wall in mind, and she wants to figure out how many blocks can be stacked vertically in her wall while remaining below this maximum. So, she constructs the expression 0.4x + 0.6 to measure the height of her wall, where all constants represent measurements in meters. Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply. 0.4 represents the height of the wall. 0.4 represents the height of the base. 0.4 represents the height of each block. 0.6 represents the height of the wall. 0.6 represents the height of the base. 0.6 represents the height of each block.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct options are;

0.4 represents the height of each block

0.6 represents the height of the base

Step-by-step explanation:

The given information are;

The activity Kirima is engaged in = Building a wall

The process by which she is building the wall includes

1) Construction of a base on the floor

2) Piling blocks of uniform height to form the wall

3) Estimating the height of the wall she is constructing with the expression 0.4·x + 0.6 where the constants which are 0.4 and 0.6 are in meters;

From her procedure, we have the constants, which are the values that do not change as follows;

1) The firm base

2) The uniformly sized blocks

Of the two constants, the one that consists of multiple items is the uniform sized blocks as they are laid in brick pattern

There is only one firm base

Therefore, the constant that has a variable is the uniform sized blocks

Which gives in the expression 0.4·x + 0.6, we have;

0.4 = The dimension of the uniform sized blocks

∴ 0.6 = The dimension of the firm base.