Olivia is growing roses and keeps track of how much fertilizer (in ounces) she adds to the soil and how many blooms each rose bush has. She finds a linear relationship that can be modeled by the equation

Question

Y = 1.345X + 4 What does the 1.345 mean in the context of the problem?
A: That she must add 1.345 ounces of fertilizer every day.
B: That every day she found an additional 1.345 blooms on her rose bushes
C: That for every additional bloom on the rose bush she added 1.345 ounces of fertilizer.
D: That for every ounce of fertilizer she adds there is an additional 1.345 blooms on the rose bush.

Answer 1

D: That for every ounce of fertilizer she adds there is an additional 1.345 blooms on the rose bush.

Answer 2

That answer was correct

Answer 3

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