A small dog park modeled the amount of people in the park (p) since July 1st with the equation p=32-2d , where d is the amount of days after July 1st .

What is true about the amount of people in the park?

A. The number of people that visit the park is increasing by 32 each day starting on July 2nd.

B. The number of people that visit the park is decreasing by 2 each day since July 1st .

C. there are 32 people that visited the park on July 2nd .

D. There were 2 people that visited the park on July 1st .

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To analyze the provided equation \( p = 32 - 2d \), where \( p \) is the amount of people in the park and \( d \) is the number of days after July 1st, let's evaluate each statement:

A. The number of people that visit the park is increasing by 32 each day starting on July 2nd.

  • This statement is false. The equation shows that the number of people is decreasing as \( d \) increases, not increasing.

B. The number of people that visit the park is decreasing by 2 each day since July 1st.

  • This statement is true. As \( d \) increases by 1 each day, \( p \) decreases by 2, indicating that the number of people in the park is decreasing by 2 each day.

C. There are 32 people that visited the park on July 2nd.

  • On July 2nd, \( d = 1 \). Plugging \( d \) into the equation gives \( p = 32 - 2(1) = 30 \). Therefore, this statement is false.

D. There were 2 people that visited the park on July 1st.

  • On July 1st, \( d = 0 \). Plugging this into the equation gives \( p = 32 - 2(0) = 32 \). Therefore, this statement is false.

Based on this analysis, the correct answer is:

B. The number of people that visit the park is decreasing by 2 each day since July 1st.