During a certain flu epidemic, the total number T of patients diagnosed with the flu after d days is given in the table below. d 10 15 20 0 5 35 41 47 53 59 (a) Check differences to show that these are linear data. O T is a not linear function. O T is a linear function. (b) What is the practical meaning of the slope? O The slope represents the number of new cases per day. O The slope represents the total number of cases each day. (c) Find the slope.

During a certain flu epidemic, the total number T of patients diagnosed with the flu after d days is given in the table below. d 10 15 20 0 5 35 41 47 53 59 (a) Check differences to show that these are linear data. O T is a not linear function. O T is a linear function. (b) What is the practical meaning of the slope? O The slope represents the number of new cases per day. O The slope represents the total number of cases each day. (c) Find the slope.

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