Recommendations for safely thawing frozen pork are provided on the packaging.
a. What is the thaw rate of the pork for refrigerator thawing?
For cold water thawing?
b. What could the initial value represent?
c. Write a linear function in the form y = mx + b to model the time t, in hours, it takes to thaw pork in the refrigerator as a function of the weight w, in pounds, of the pork