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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.

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mhanifa

Answer:

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

Step-by-step 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

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