The amount of trash in a county landfill is modeled by the function T(x)=150x +32,000 where x is the number of years since 1996 and T(x) is measured in thousands of tons. (a) Sketch a graph of T.(b) What is the slope of the graph? (c) At what rate is the amount of trash in the landfill increasing per year?

The amount of trash in a county landfill is modeled by the function T(x)=150x +32,000 where x is the number of years since 1996 and T(x) is measured in thousands of tons. (a) Sketch a graph of T.(b) What is the slope of the graph? (c) At what rate is the amount of trash in the landfill increasing per year?

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter3: Linear And Nonlinear Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 26MCQ

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