Mr. Conley is smoking a turkey for Thanksgiving. The instructions for the smoker say that approximately f(x) hours of smoking time will be required for a turkey weighing x pounds.What does f(20)=10 tell you?Choices:(A)It will take about 10 hours to smoke a 20-pound turkey.(B)It will take about 20 hours to smoke a 10-pound turkey.
Q. Mr. Conley is smoking a turkey for Thanksgiving. The instructions for the smoker say that approximately f(x) hours of smoking time will be required for a turkey weighing x pounds.What does f(20)=10 tell you?Choices:(A)It will take about 10 hours to smoke a 20-pound turkey.(B)It will take about 20 hours to smoke a 10-pound turkey.
Given Function Description: We are given a function f(x) that represents the hours of smoking time required for a turkey weighing x pounds. The function value f(20)=10 means that when x is 20 pounds, the smoking time is 10 hours. We need to determine what this tells us about the smoking time for a turkey.
Substitution and Analysis: By substititing x with 20 in the function f(x), we get f(20). The equation f(20)=10 tells us that a 20-pound turkey requires 10 hours of smoking time. This corresponds to choice (A) in the given options.
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