Question

A freight train is carrying goods the country. The number of of has used directiv with the distance has traveled. See the graph below.

Answer 1

a. 0.25 miles per gallon

b. 4

EXPLANATION :

From the graph, we can select the point (50, 200) in which 50 miles can be traveled by consuming 200 gallons.

a. Solve for the miles per gallon :

`\frac{50\text{ }miles}{200\text{ }gallon}=0.25\text{ }miles\text{ }per\text{ }gallon`

b. The slope of the graph is the difference of y over the difference of x

Using the same point with the origin (0, 0)

That will be :

`slope=(200-0)/(50-0)=4`