The amount of trash in a county landfill is modeled by the function T(x) = 130x + 32,000 where x is the number of years since 1996 and 7(x) is measured in thousands of tons. (a) Sketch a graph of T. y 40000 38000 36000 34000 32000 40000) 38000 36000 34000 32000 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 (b) What is the slope of the graph? 40000 38000 (c) At what rate is the amount of trash in the landfill increasing per year? thousand tons per year 36000 34000 32000 40000) 38000 36000 34000 32000 5 10 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 15 20 25 30 35 x