Answer: I got the answer by adding and subtracting
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
-5
Step-by-step explanation:
7−12
=7−12
=7+−12
=−5
You graph slope by going up and over based on what number you have as the slope. The starting point is the y intercept
Assume that the rule connecting height of the candle to time is a linear one. If you do, then we have to find the equation of this line, and then use this equation to predict the height of the candle after 11 hours.
Two points on this line are (6,17.4) and (23, 7.2). The slope is thus
7.2-17.4 -6
m = --------------- = ----------- or -3/5.
23-6 10
Find the equation of the line. I'm going to use the slope-intercept formula:
y = mx + b => 7.2 = (-3/5)(23) + b. Solving for b, b = 21.
Now we know that y = (-3/5)x + 21
Let x=11 to predict the height of the candle at that time.
y = (-3/5)(11) + 21 = 14.4 inches (answer)
two thousand ten and eight tenths
