Question

Please help ASAP URGENT Will mark Brianlest

The scatter plot shows the relationship between the average number of nightly customers and the number of months since a restaurant opened. The equation represents the linear model for this data.

y = 5x + 120

What does the number 5 in the equation mean in this context?


A. The restaurant has been open for 5 months.

B. There were 5 customers per month after the restaurant was open 120 months.

C. For every 5 months the restaurant has been open, there are 120 more customers per night.

D. The average number of customers per night increased by 5 each month.

E. There were 5 customers per night when the restaurant opened.

Answer 1

It is D.

D. The average number of customers per night increased by 5 each month.

Explanation:

The line is going up at +5 for every month. This means 5 customers are being added every month

Answer 2

A

Explanation:

i used the process of elimination and got rid of answers that didnt make sense but based on the info given i could tell that x was 5 months because of where the point of 5 is on the graph