Answer:
B. A cow of 5 years is predicted to produce 5.5 more gallons per week.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let
, where
is the age of the dairy cow, measured in years, and
is the predicted milk production, measured in gallons per week.
Besides, we consider
and
, such that
, we define the difference between predicted milk productions (
) below:
(1)
If we know that
and
, then the difference between predicted milk productions is:

That is, a cow of 5 years is predicted to produce 5.5 more gallons per week than a cow of 10 years. Hence, the right answer is B.