What does the number 2 represent in this function

Your answer is C) The ant is crawling at 2 feet per minute.
This is because in the function y = 2t + 5, the 2 represents the slope of the line, which means that for every 1 unit that you go across, you need to go 2 units up. Therefore, for every 1 minute, the ant gains 2 feet so it is crawling at 2 feet per minute.
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