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(a) Truck carries 90 gallons of diesel fuel to 660 miles.
So, 1 gallon of diesel fuel to 660/90 = 22/3 miles.
30 gallons of diesel fuel to = 220 miles.
Hence, if x-axis represents the number of miles and y-axis represents the number of gallons, then, (660, 90) and (220, 30) are points on the graph.
Join (660, 90) and (220, 30), we get the graph of a line.
Note that (0, 0) is also a point on the line.
Equation of the line is .
(b) x represents the number of miles. Therefore, the possible values for x is the closed interval [0, 660].
Hence, the domain of the function is [0, 660].
(c) Origin represents that the truck is not moving and there is no diesel fuel loaded in the truck.
So firstly, we have to find f(x) when x = 8 and x = 0. Plug the two numbers into the x variable of the function to solve for their f(x):
Now that we have their y's, we can use the slope, aka average rate of change, formula, which is . Using what we have, we can solve it as such:
In short, the average rate of change from x = 0 to x = 8 is 5/21.