Question

starting at noon, fatoumata observed the amount of snow on her lawn during a blizzard. she wrote an equation to represent s, how many inches of snow were on the lawn: ( s = 8 + 0.01x ), where x represents the number of minutes past noon. what is the meaning of the s - value when ( x = 1 )?
answer
the change in the amount of snow on the lawn for every one additional minute. the amount of snow on the lawn when the blizzard ended.
the amount of snow on the lawn at noon. the amount of snow on the lawn at 12:01 p.m.

Explanation:

Given the equation \(s = 8+0.01x\), where \(x\) is the number of minutes past noon. When \(x = 1\), we substitute \(x = 1\) into the equation. This gives \(s=8 + 0.01\times1=8.01\). Since \(x = 1\) means 1 minute past noon (i.e., 12:01 p.m.), the \(s -\)value represents the amount of snow on the lawn at that time.

Answer:

The amount of snow on the lawn at 12:01 p.m.