Question

The same amount of trash is dumped into a landfill every day. 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?

Answer 1

Amount of trash added to the landfill everyday

Explanation:

If 2000 represents the amount of trash added to the landfill everyday then 1000 is the starting amount.

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Answer 2

The amount of trash put in the landfill each day.