Question

PLS HELP ME DUE TODAY!!!!

Tom is adding soil to his raised garden bed. The depth of the soil is currently 8 inches, and for each bag of soil he adds, the depth will increase by
1/2 of an inch. You can use a function to describe the depth of the soil in the garden bed after Tom adds x bags of soil.
Write an equation for the function. If it is linear, write it in the form h(x)=mx+b. If it is exponential, write it in the form h(x)=a(b)^x.

Answer 1

h(x) = 0.5x + 8

Explanation:

We are being asked to write an equation where h(x) represents the soil depth in inches and x describes the number of bags. To do this, we need to find b (our y-intercept, ie the value of h(x) or y when x=0) and m (our slope).

"The depth of the soil is currently 8 inches": this means before any bags are added (ie when x=0), the soil depth starts at 8. This makes 8 our y-intercept (b in h(x)=mx+b) as we have to add it on to however much the bagged soil adds in order to get the total depth.

"For each bag of soil he adds, the depth will increase by 1/2 of an inch": this means that the soil depth from added bags is equal to the amount of bags times 0.5, which makes 0.5 our slope (m in h(x)=mx+b).

Therefore our answer is:

h(x) = 0.5x + 8