Question

Researchers identified college students who generally were procrastinators or​ non-procrastinators. In a​ study, the students were asked to report throughout the semester how many symptoms of physical illness they had experienced. The study shows that late in the​ semester, procrastinating students reported more symptoms of physical illness than their​ non-procrastinating peers. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (c) below. a. At the beginning of the​ semester, procrastinators reported an average of 1.25 ​symptoms, increasing at a rate of 0.55 symptoms per week. Write a function that models the average number of​ symptoms, y, after x weeks.

? (Use integers or decimals for any numbers in the​ equation.)

Answer 1

a) Function that models the average number of​ symptoms, y, after x weeks will be:

y = 0.55x + 1.25