The total price of apples (y) at an orchard can be calculated with the equation y=1.25x+5, where x is the number of pounds of apples picked. What does the slope represent?

Given:

The total price of apples (y) at an orchard can be calculated with the equation

where, x is the number of pounds of apples picked.

To find:

The interpretation of slope for the given situation.

Solution:

The slope intercept form is

      ...(i)

where, m is slope and b is y-intercept.

We have,

       ...(ii)

On comparing (i) and (ii), we get

Slope = 1.25.

We know that, y is total price of x pounds of apples picked and slope is change in y with respect to x.

Therefore, the slope of the given equation is 1.25 and it means the price increased by 1.25 for each additional pounds of apples.

29 is the correct answer

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