Question

(04.01 MC) A candle burns down at the rate of 0.5 inches per hour. The original height of the candle was 10 inches. Part A: Write a list of 6 ordered pairs to show the height of the candle in inches (y) as a function of time in hours (x) from the first hour after it started burning. For example, the point (0, 10) would represent a height of 10 inches after 0 hours. Explain how you obtained the ordered pairs. (5 points) Part B: Is this relation a function? Justify your answer using the list of ordered pairs you created in Part A. (2 points) Part C: If the rate at which the candle burned was 0.75 inches per hour instead of 0.5 inches per hour, would the relation be a function? Explain your answer using input and output values. (3 points)

Answer 1

Answer:

Part A: (0,9) (2,8) (4,7) (6, 6) (8, 5) (10, 4) i figured out how many hours it would take to burn one inch.

Part B: yes, because i can figure out the rate of change of the candle.

Part C: yes it would be in 0.9 hours it would go down one inch

hopw this helps! :)