The masons are driving home from a trip. the function graphed models the masons' distance from home, y, in miles, after x hours of driving. what do the key features of the graph indicate in this situation? drag and drop the answers into the boxes.

ANSWER

The key features are:

1. The y-intercept which is .

This means that at time , the Masons are miles away from home.

2. The x-intercept which is .

This means after hours the Masons reached home.

The reason is that miles. This means that there is no distance between the Masons and their home.

3. The slope of the graph which is tells us the speed at which they travel towards their home.

.

This means they traveled at a speed of .

The negative slope of the graph tell us that the distance is reducing as they approach their home.