Ababy elephant weighs 200 pounds at birth. seven years later, the elephant's weight is 3,000 pounds.

what is the rate of change of the weight of the elephant?
a) 400 pounds per year
b) 429 pounds per year
c) 457 pounds per year
d) 466 pounds per year

answer: no

step-by-step explanation:

you are only given the cost not the amount of pounds.

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

step-by-step explanation: