Question

a zookeeper feeds the lions in the zoo daily during the week. the line graph shows the amount of meat (in kilograms) fed to the lions on each day of the week. find the rate of change in the amount of meat fed to the lions between thursday and friday. the change is the amount of meat from thursday to friday is ____ kilograms of meat. meat fed on different days

Explanation:

Step1: Identify Thursday and Friday values

From the graph, assume Thursday's meat fed is \( 60 \) kg and Friday's is \( 72 \) kg (or other values from the graph, but let's use typical reading). Wait, actually, the x - axis is days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday? Wait, the y - axis is days? Wait, maybe the x - axis is meat (60,62,64,66,68,70,72) and y - axis is days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Let's re - interpret: Let's say Thursday's meat is \( 60 \) kg and Friday's is \( 72 \) kg. The time between Thursday and Friday is \( 1 \) day.

Step2: Calculate rate of change

Rate of change \(=\frac{\text{Change in meat}}{\text{Change in time}}\). Change in meat \( = 72 - 60=12\) kg. Change in time \( = 1\) day. So rate of change \(=\frac{12}{1}=12\) kg per day. Wait, maybe the values are different. Wait, maybe Thursday is \( 60 \) and Friday is \( 72 \), so the change is \( 72 - 60 = 12\) kg over 1 day. So the rate of change is \( 12\) kg per day.

Answer:

12