2. A little league baseball team is ordering hats. The graph shows the
relationship between the total cost,
in dollars, and the number of hats
ordered. What does the slope of the
graph tell us in this situation?
A.) It tells us that there is a fixed cost
of approximately $35 for
ordering hats.
Total Cost
220
200
180
160
140
U 120
100
80
60
40
20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Hats Ordered
B.) It tells us the amount that the
total cost increases for each
additional hat ordered.
It tell us that when 9 hats are ordered, the total cost is
approximately $160.
D.) It tells us that when the number of hats ordered increases by 10, the
total cost increases by approximately $175.