Answer:
Option C is correct
The average number of customers per night increased by 5 each month.
Step-by-step explanation:
Slope-intercept form:
The equation of straight line is given by:
[tex]y = mx+b[/tex]
where,
m is the slope or rate
b is the y-intercept or the initial value.
As per the statement:
The scatter plot shows the relationship between the average number of nightly customers and the number of months since a restaurant opened.
The equation represents the linear model for this data as:
[tex]y = 5x+20[/tex]
where,
x represents the number of months and
y represents the average number of nightly customers
On comparing with [1] we have;
m = 5 and b = 20
⇒ The number 5 in the given equation represents:
The average number of customers per night increased by 5 each month.
