distance (feet)
5. A conveyor belt is used to move parts from one room to another in a local factory. The graph
represents the relationship between the number of seconds the conveyor belt runs and the
distance traveled.
What does the rate of the conveyor belt mean in this context?
a. The conveyor belt moves 1.5 feet every second.
b. The conveyor belt moves 1 foot every 1.5 seconds.
c.
The conveyor belt moves 3 feet every second.
d. The rate of the conveyor belt increases every second.
The rate of the conveyor belt decreases every second.
time (seconds)