Question

At a candy factory, a machine is putting candy into a container. the graph shows the amount of candy (in pounds) in the container vs time (in minutes). SEE GRAPH BELOW AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS PLEASE.

A.) What is the amount of candy in the container at 0 minutes?

B.)Choose the stament that best describes how the time and candy are related then fill in the blank.

B 1.) As time increases the amount of candy in the container decreases. At what rate is the amount of candy decreasing?
_____ pounds per minute?

B 2.) As time increases the amount of candy in the container increases. At what rate is the amount of candy increasing?
____pounds per minute?

Answer 1

Answer:

  A) 20 pounds

  B.2) (increasing) 60 pounds per minute

Step-by-step explanation:

A) The graph shows the container has 20 pounds in it at x=0 minutes.

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B) The graph goes up to the right (is increasing).

At minute 0, the container has 20 pounds.

At minute 1, the container has 80 pounds.

The increase in one minute is 80-20 = 60 pounds per minute.