Question

starting at noon, michael observed the amount of snow on his lawn during a blizzard. he wrote an equation to represent s, how many inches of snow were on the lawn: s = 3.5 + 0.009x, where x represents the number of minutes past noon. what is the meaning of the s - value when x = 1? answer the amount of snow on the lawn at 12:01 p.m. the amount of snow on the lawn when michael began to measure. the amount of snow on the lawn when the blizzard ended. the rate of change in the amount of snow per minute.

Explanation:

The variable $x$ represents the number of minutes past noon. When $x = 1$, it means 1 minute past noon, which is 12:01 p.m. The equation $s=3.5 + 0.009x$ gives the amount of snow $s$ on the lawn. So the $s$-value at $x = 1$ is the amount of snow on the lawn at 12:01 p.m.

Answer:

The amount of snow on the lawn at 12:01 p.m.