Question

100 POINTS !!!!!

Michael has a lunch account at the cafeteria. Michael can estimate the amount of money left in his lunch account using the equation y = 48 - 5x, where x represents the number of days he eats lunch. What is the meaning of the slope in the equation?

A. Michael has $48 in his lunch account.

B. Michael spends $5 per day eating lunch at the cafeteria.

C. Michael has $43 in his lunch account after eating one day.

D. Michael spends $10 of his lunch account after eating two days.

Answer 1

b

Explanation:

bc i did the schoolnet thingy

Answer 2

• B. Michael spends $5 per day eating lunch at the cafeteria.

Explanation:

Given linear equation:

• y = 48 - 5x

Meaning of each term is:

• y - money left in account
• 48 - the y-intercept, the intial amount of money in Michael's account
• - 5 - the slope, money spent every day
• x - number of days

According to above details the correct answer choise is B