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Emily works at a purfymery. She extracts 3 lliters of essential oil for perfumes in two days. Assuming Emily extracts essential oil at a constant rate, we can graph this relationship with time in days along the X-axis and quantity of oil in liters along the y-axis. What is the slope representing the relationship? And what is the amount of oil Emily extracts after five days?

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the initial slope would be (2, 3)
and the amount of oil she would extract would be 7.5 liters
Oil 3 + 3 + 1.5 = 7.5
Days 2 2 1 = 5
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Answer: The slope representing the relationship =
(3)/(2)

Emily extract 7.5 liters oil after five days.

Explanation:

Let time in days is represented by 'x' and quantity of oil in liters is represented by 'y'.

Assume Emily extracts essential oil at a constant rate.

Given statement :- Emily extracts 3 liters of essential oil for perfumes in two days.

We know that the slope of linear graph is the rate of change of y (dependent variable) with respect to x (independent variable).


\text{i.e. Slope}=\frac{\text{change in y}}{\text{change in x}}\\\\\Rightarrow\ \text{Slope}=(3)/(2)

⇒ The amount of oil Emily extracts after one day =
(3)/(2) liters

Now, The amount of oil Emily extracts after five days =
(3)/(2)*5=7.5 liters

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