SOLUTION: Let y = 4t + 5 be a linear function representing the distance from home for an ant t minutes after starting out from a location near its home. What does the number 5 represent in t
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Question 391341: Let y = 4t + 5 be a linear function representing the distance from home for an ant t minutes after starting out from a location near its home. What does the number 5 represent in this function?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let y = 4t + 5 be a linear function representing the distance from home for an ant t minutes after starting out from a location near its home.
What does the number 5 represent in this function?
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If t = 0, y = 5
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Five is the distance the ant is from home
when it starts its journey.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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