Question

A school club is raising money for a trip, and needs to reach $10,000.
Their fundraising progress is modeled by the function

f(x) = 435 + 1200x, where x is measured in weeks.

What is the meaning of the constant 435?
Responses
A It is the amount they started with.It is the amount they started with.
B It is the amount still to be raised.It is the amount still to be raised.
C It is the amount which is left over.It is the amount which is left over.
D It is the amount they raise each week.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The function \( f(x) = 435 + 1200x \) represents the total amount of money raised over time, where \( x \) is the number of weeks.

In this function:
- The constant \( 435 \) represents the initial amount of money that the club started with.
- The term \( 1200x \) indicates the amount of money raised each week (which is \( 1200 \) per week).

Therefore, the meaning of the constant \( 435 \) is:

**A It is the amount they started with.**