Kate used 555 grams of wool to knit a sweater, a hat, and a scarf. she used 5 times fewer grams for the hat than for the sweater. she used 5 grams more for the hat than for the scarf. how many grams of wool did she use to knit each item?

Sweater =400 grams

Hat =80 grams

Scarf =75 grams

Step-by-step explanation:

The amount of wool used to make a sweater, a hat and a scarf=555 grams

Let the amount of wool used to make a sweater be = x

The amount of wool for the sweater =x/5

The amount of wool used for the scarf=x/5 -5

Total amount of wool used = x+(x/5)+(x/5-5)

x+x/5 +x/5-5=555

Multiply all through by the LCM 5

5x+x+x-25=2775

7x=2800

x=400

Sweater =400 grams

Hat=400/5=80 grams

Scarf =400/5 -5=75 grams

this question relies purely on our observation of the graph and a knowledge of the behaviour of a graph of a hyperbola.

now, what we should realise is that there are two asymptotes - one at x = 0 and one at y = 0. what this means is that the graph will gradually approach, but never touch, these two lines. so, as x becomes more positive (ie. 'a very large positive number'), it will get closer to the line y = 0 (ie. the x-axis) - which means that the value of f(x) will gradually become smaller and closer to 0 - but will never reach it.

we can also observe this from the right half of the graph, where the graph gradually lowers closer and closer to the x-axis as x increases. what is important to note however is that it will never actually touch the x-axis (ie. f(x) will not equal 0) since there is an asymptote there. given this, we can see that option d, f(x) is a very small positive number, would be correct.