A New Chocolate Company Is Estimating How Many Candy Bars

question 515

Multiple Choice

A new chocolate company is estimating how many candy bars per week college students will consume of their line of
products. The graph shows the probable number of candy bars students (age 18 -22) will consume from year 0 to year 10.
B(x) gives the number of candy bars for boys, G(x) gives the number of candy bars for girls, and T(x) gives the total
number for both groups. Use the graph to answer the question.
-Use the slopes of the line segments to decide in which period (0-5 or 5-10) the number of candy bars per week increased more rapidly.

• A) 0-5
• B) 5-10
• C) The number of candy bars increased at the same rate in both periods

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