Question

Olivia is growing roses and keeps track of how much fertilizer (in ounces) she adds to the soil and how many blooms each rose bush has. She finds a linear relationship that can be modeled by the equation y = 1.345x + 4. What does the 1.345 mean in the context of the problem?

Answer 1

1.345 in the context of this problem means how much an ounce measures

Answer 2

constant ratio between fertiliser and number of roses

Explanation:

The number 4 is a constants, meaning that even if no fertiliser is used, there will be 4 roses. The number 1.345 is the slope of the graph. In this case it refers to a constant ratio between the amount of fertiliser and the amount of roses that bloom. So every ounce of fertiliser is multiplied by 1.345 and added to 4 to calculate the number of roses.