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let y=2t+5 be a linear function representing the distance from home for an ant t minutes after starting out from a location near its home. What does the number 5 represent in this function?

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5 is the initial distance away from home. To confirm this, one would plug in "0" for t (the distance away from home after 0 seconds, aka the initial distance) and get y = 5.
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