Question

The same amount of trash is dumped into a landfill every day, and the function below shows the total number of tons of trash n in the landfill after x days: n=2000x+1000. What does the number 2,000 represent?

A) Amount of trash originally in the landfill.
B) Amount of trash added to the landfill every day.
C) Rate at which the total trash increases every day.
D) Rate at which the total trash is recycled every day.

Answer 1

The number 2,000 represents the amount of trash added to the landfill every day.

Step-by-step explanation:

The number 2,000 in the given function n = 2000x + 1000 represents the amount of trash added to the landfill every day (B). In this function, x represents the number of days and n represents the total number of tons of trash in the landfill. The coefficient 2000 indicates that 2,000 tons of trash are added to the landfill every day.