Question

cornell made a chart of the amount of juice he extracted from some oranges. when he graphed the data he noticed that the data was linear. what is the meaning of the slope of the data? orange juice extraction (number of oranges) x: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 (milliliters of juice) y: 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 a the number of oranges b the milliliter of juice c the total amount of juice collected d the average milliliter of juice per orange e the range for the juice

Explanation:

The slope in a linear relationship between two variables (here number of oranges $x$ and milliliters of juice $y$) represents the rate of change of the dependent variable ($y$) with respect to the independent variable ($x$). In this context, it is the change in the amount of juice per change in the number of oranges, which is the average milliliter of juice per orange.

Answer:

D. the average milliliter of juice per orange