to earn extra money, Oliver takes aluminum cans to a recycling center. The center pays cash based on the total weight of the aluminum cans that Oliver brings to the center. The graph shows a proportional relationship

Answer 1

between the weight of aluminum cans and the amount of cash Oliver earns.

The x-axis represents the weight of aluminum cans in pounds, while the y-axis represents the amount of cash in dollars. The graph is a straight line that passes through the origin (0,0), indicating that there is a constant rate of pay for each pound of aluminum cans.

As the weight of aluminum cans increases, the amount of cash earned also increases in a proportional manner. For example, if Oliver brings 5 pounds of aluminum cans, he would earn 5 times the amount of cash he would earn for 1 pound of aluminum cans.

This graph allows Oliver to calculate how much cash he would earn based on the weight of aluminum cans he brings to the recycling center. It also shows that the more aluminum cans Oliver collects and brings to the center, the more cash he will earn.