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12.4 Exercise 8

Avg difficulty 2.5


Use the following information to answer the next three exercises. A landscaping company is hired to mow the grass for several large properties. The total area of the properties is 1,345 acres. The rate at which one person can mow is ŷ = 1350 – 1.2x, where x is the number of hours and ŷ represents the number of acres left to mow.

How many hours does it take to mow all the lawns, or when is ŷ = 0?

OpenStax Statistics, 12.4 Prediction (Optional), exercise 8

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