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To graph: The glucose production as a function of mass from the data provided between measurement of a growing plant. Also evaluate the equation of line in both point-slope and slope intercept form and glucose productionwhen mass reaches
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The table that provides relation between measurement of a growing plant.
Graph:
Consider the table that provides relation between measurement of a growing plant.
To graph the glucose production as a function of mass, on the horizontal axis that is x- axis, plot the mass and on vertical axis that is y -axis plot the glucose production.
Now plot the points
Interpretation:
The point slope form of a line is
The slope-intercept form of a line is
The slope is
Here independent variable is x and dependent variable is y.
According to the question, glucose productionG is dependent variable and massMis independent variable.
Slope of the line is evaluate when first two points are considered that is,
Slope of the line is
Equation of line in point slope form is, consider
Therefore, the equation in point-slope form is
Intercept on y -axis is
The above statement is interpreted as plant won’t produce glucose until the mass go beyond a particular value.
Next, glucose productionwhen mass reaches
Therefore, glucose production is
Thus, equation in slope-intercept and point-slope form is
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