Question

During the summer, Abrielle is a cashier at a grocery store and Zane serves ice cream. To show their earnings, Abrielle makes a graph and Zane makes a table. Which statement is true?

Abrielle Cashier Job
A graph has time (weeks) on the x-axis, and earnings (dollars) on the y-axis. A line has slope 10.5.
Zane's Ice Cream Job
Time
(hours) Earnings
(dollars)
2 $18.50
5 $46.25
7 $64.75
CLEAR CHECK

Zane earns $8
more per hour than Abrielle.


Zane earns $4.75
more per hour than Abrielle.


Abrielle earns $2.50
more per hour than Zane.


Abrielle earns $1.25
more per hour than Zane.

Answer 1

The slope of Zane is 18.50/2 = 9.25

Subtract both slopes to find the true statement.

10.5 - 9.25 = 1.25

The correct statement is:

Abrielle earns $1.25 more than Zane.