You decide to do some bird watching at the park. When you sit down on the bench, you notice a flock of geese (a group of birds) by the pond. After some time, you decide to keep track of how many total birds
there are to see if there is a pattern. After 6 minutes of watching, you count 10 birds. After 15 minutes
of watching, you count 16 birds. Assume that the relationship between time and number of birds is linear.
Remember to show EVERY STEP in your work to receive full credit.
a. In this scenario, what is the slope and what b. In this scenario, what does the y-intercept
does it represent?
represent?
c. Write an equation that represents the number
of birds based on the minutes watching.
d. How many birds will there be 48 minutes after
you sat down?