Question
Omar keeps track of the number of people inside a music hall to attend a concert by looking at the number of scanned tickets. He plotted the data on the graph below, where x, equals, 0x=0 represents the time at 6 p.m., then drew a line of best fit. What does the slope of the line represent?
0
x
y
0
People Inside Music Hall
Hours Past 6 p.m.
Answer
Multiple Choice Answers
The average change in the number of hours since 6 p.m. for every additional person.
The average rate of change in the number of people over time.
The number of hours past 6 p.m. when there is 1 person in the music hall.
The number of people in the music hall 1 hour after 6 p.m.
0
x
y
0
People Inside Music Hall
Hours Past 6 p.m.
Answer
Multiple Choice Answers
The average change in the number of hours since 6 p.m. for every additional person.
The average rate of change in the number of people over time.
The number of hours past 6 p.m. when there is 1 person in the music hall.
The number of people in the music hall 1 hour after 6 p.m.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The slope of the line represents the average rate of change in the number of people over time. Thus, the correct answer is:
**The average rate of change in the number of people over time.**
**The average rate of change in the number of people over time.**