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A young sumo wrestler decided to go on a special high-protein diet to gain weight rapidly. He started at 90 9090 kilograms and gained weight at a constant rate. After 8 88 months, he weighed 138 138138 kilograms.

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young sumo wrestler decided to go on a special high-protein diet to gain weight rapidly. He started at 909090 kilograms and gained weight at a constant rate. After 888 months, he weighed 138138138 kilograms. Let W(t)W(t)W, left parenthesis, t, right parenthesis denote the sumo wrestler's weight WWW (measured in kilograms) as a function of time ttt (measured in months). Write the function's formula.

Answer:

W=6t+90

Explanation:

We know that a linear equation in slope takes the form

y= mx+ c

where

m is the slope

c is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept

Let us denote W as the sumo weight in kg then

t as the time in months

Then forming a linear equation from this knowing t is a dependent variable then

W(t)= mt+90

But here we know that is our slope, W was given as 138kg and t is 8 months.

We we substitute this values in the equation we have

138= 8m+90

8m= 138-90

8m=48

m=6kg/month

Therefore, the function formula is W(t)= 6t+90

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