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?

A) That she must add 1.345 ounces of fertilizer every day.
B) That every day she found an additional 1.345 blooms on her rose bushes.
C) That for every additional bloom on the rose bush she added 1.345 ounces of fertilizer.
D) That for every ounce of fertilizer she adds there is an additional 1.345 blooms on the rose bush.

Answer 1

A, that she must add 1.345 ounces of fertilizer every day.

Explanation:

In the linear equation y=1.345x +4, we must break down each compnent.

When we ahve equations as such, the numbers in front of x are going to be the action that is repeated. The +_ is the starting number. From this we can know that Olivia started at 4 ounces of soil and has added 1.345 ounces each time.