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Question 478799: Buring Calories - The following table list the Calories Burned by a 140 pound person walking at 4 miles per hour for various lengths of time.
Time minutes 6 12 18 24
Calories 32 64 96 128
A) Would it be reasonable to assume that the point (0,0) could be included in the table why or why not?
B) What type of polynomial function would model these data? Explain?
C) Find the function C that models the calories burned in t. minutes.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Buring Calories - The following table list the Calories Burned by a 140 pound person walking at 4 miles per hour for various lengths of time.
Time minutes 6 12 18 24
Calories::: 32 64 96 128
A) Would it be reasonable to assume that the point (0,0) could be included in the table why or why not?
No; the person cannot weight 0 pounds.
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B) What type of polynomial function would model these data? Explain?
Y = (16/3)t
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C) Find the function C that models the calories burned in t. minutes.
See above.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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