Question

scientists have steadily increased the amount of grain that farms can produce each year. the yield for farms in cameroon is given by y = 19.2x - 36900 where x is the year and y is the grain yield in kilograms per hectare (kg/ha). what does the 19.2 in the equation represent? the crop yield in year zero the crop yield for a given year the increase in crop yield every year the increase in years for every crop yield

Explanation:

The equation $y = 19.2x - 36900$ is in the slope - intercept form $y=mx + b$, where $m$ is the slope. In the context of the problem, $x$ is the year and $y$ is the grain yield. The slope $19.2$ represents the change in $y$ (grain yield) for a unit change in $x$ (year). So, it is the increase in crop yield each year.

Answer:

The increase in crop yield every year