Question

The daily high temperature at Crystal Lake ranges from 10 °C to 40 °C. Fishermen are asked to report the number of fish they catch in a day. The park ranger wants to quantify the relationship between high temperatures and the average number of fish caught.

The park ranger plots the data, fits a line to represent the trend, and finds that this line can be described by the function f(x)=−3x+125, where x represents the high temperature in degrees Celsius and f(x) is the total number of fish caught.
What is the slope of the line? Explain the meaning of the slope in this situation.

Answer 1

slope = -3

Explanation:

The function f(x) = -3x + 125 is a linear function in slope-intercept form y = mx + b. The slope, m, is -3. This means that for every increase of 1°C, 3 less fish are caught.

Answer 2

it is 10 and 40 i think