Question

Andre bought a new bag of cat food. The next day, he opened it to feed his cat. The graph shows how many ounces were left in the bag on the days after it was bought.Questions 3 and 4How much did the bag weigh before it was opened? About how many days did it take for the bag to be empty?

Answer 1

1a) Look for the interception of the graph with the line x=12. Therefore, the answer is approximately 36 ounces.

1b) Look for the intersection between the graph and the line y=16. Thus, the answer is 24 days.

3) Look for the point on the graph whose x-coordinate is equal to zero. The answer is that the bag weighed 56 ounces before it was opened.

4) We need to find a point on the graph such that its y-coordinate is equal to zero; therefore, the answer is between 32 and 36 days (the scale of the graph is not enough to give a more accurate answer). The answer is likely to be 33 days.