Label the horizontal axis as the time and the vertical axis as the number of words.
Practice makes perfect
We want to sketch a graph that represents the given situation.
You are typing at a constant rate.
You pause to think about your next paragraph,
and then you resume typing at the same constant rate.
Let's start by drawing the axes. We will label the vertical axis as the number of words and the horizontal axis as the time.
The initial point will be the initial value of a television. This point will have a vertical value, but its horizontal value will be equal to zero because it represents the initial time. Now, let's analyze the first part of the situation.
You are typing at a constant rate.
A constant rate means that the changes in a variable in relation to another variable are always the same. Then, the above sentence indicates that the number of words is increasing at the same rate throughout the time. This can be represented with an increasing line segment starting at the initial number of words.
The next part of the situation said the following.
You pause to think about your next paragraph
The above sentence indicates that we stop typing. Then, the number of words remains the same for a certain amount of time. We can draw this as a horizontal line segment.
Finally, let's analyze the last sentence.
and then you resume typing at the same constant rate.
This means that the number of words will increase again at the same rate as at the beginning. Therefore, we can draw an increasing line segment for the rest of the time.
