Use the image to answer the question. Ben is trying to decide which of two candles to purchase. The packaging for the first candle states that the height in inches of the candle as a function of time in hours is represented by Function 1. Function 1: f(x)=−2.5x−3 The packaging for the second candle shows the height in inches of the candle as a function of time in hours is represented by the graph shown in Function 2. Function 2: Which candle will burn for the longest period of time? (1 point) Responses

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Use the image to answer the question. Ben is trying to decide which of two candles to purchase. The packaging for the first candle states that the height in inches of the candle as a function of time in hours is represented by Function 1. Function 1: f(x)=−2.5x−3 The packaging for the second candle shows the height in inches of the candle as a function of time in hours is represented by the graph shown in Function 2. Function 2: Which candle will burn for the longest period of time? (1 point) Responses

The second candle will burn for the longest period of time.
The first candle will burn for the longest period of time.
The candles will burn for the same length of time.
There is not enough information given to determine which candle will burn for the longest period of time.

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
4 months ago

The second candle will burn for the longest period of time. This can be determined by looking at the slope of the two functions - the second candle's function has a less negative slope, meaning it will burn for a longer period of time compared to the first candle.