A company found that the average customer rating of a certain product can be used to estimate the total
income from that product, according to the equation
y= 44x+500, where y is the income, in dollars, and x is
the average customer rating. Which of the following
best describes the slope of the graph of the equation
in the xy-plane?
A) For every increase of 44 in the average customer rating,
the estimated increase in income is $500.
B) For every increase of 1 in the average customer rating,
the estimated increase in income is $544.
C) For every increase of 1 in the average customer rating,
the estimated increase in income is $500.
D) For every increase of 1 in the average customer rating,
the estimated increase in income is $44.