equation to determine the number of minutes (t)(t)left parenthesis, t, right parenthesis that Raymond was on the trampoline.

Question

equation to determine the number of minutes (t)left parenthesis, t, right parenthesis that Raymond was on the trampoline.

Answer 1

The parentheses only mean that the contents are a parameter list. The person asking you to come up with the equation for number of minutes that Raymond was on the trampoline must be wanting you to leave "t" in the equation to represent the information you were given about the time Raymond was on the trampoline. I suppose t might mean the number of hours or the number of seconds, or some other sort of information about time. For example if he was on the trampoline for t hours, the equation might be

m(t) =60t

where I have chosen to name the function "m" for the "number of _m_inutes".

m(t) here is function notation. It means this equation is a function named m and it has one parameter, "t".