Jamila has a weather station in her backyard. She uses a rain gauge to track the total rainfall during two storms.
Monday's storm
Thursday's storm
Time since
tracking began
(minutes)
Precipitation
(mm)
Time since
tracking began
(minutes)
Precipitation
(mm)
0
O
0
O
15
3
15
2
30
6
30
5
45
9
45
7
60
12
GO
11
Answer the questions to compare the storms.
1. Jamila graphs the function describing Monday's rainfall. Is the graph linear or
nonlinear? How do you know?