Question

solomon is 3d printing chess pieces. the table gives the amount of time needed to print certain numbers of pieces.
pieces print time (minutes)
1 16
2 32
8 128
32 512
what does 16 mean in this situation?
choose 1 answer:
a it takes solomon 16 minutes to print each chess piece.
b each chess set solomon prints contains 16 pieces.
c solomon can print 16 chess pieces in a minute.

Explanation:

Looking at the table, when the number of pieces is \(1\), the print time is \(16\) minutes. This implies a direct relationship where the time per piece is calculated by dividing total time by number of pieces. For \(1\) piece (\(n = 1\)) and time \(t=16\) minutes, the time per piece \(=\frac{t}{n}=\frac{16}{1} = 16\) minutes per piece. Option B is incorrect as there is no information about a chess - set in the table. Option C is wrong because if \(16\) pieces were printed in a minute, for \(1\) piece the time would be \(\frac{1}{16}\) minutes which contradicts the table.

Answer:

A. It takes Solomon 16 minutes to print each chess piece.