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Online ProgramThis question has four parts. Colton is heating a pot of water. He records the temperature of the water in the pot every minute. This equation models Colton's data, where \(x\) represents the number of minutes the water has been heated, and \(y\) represents the temperature of the water in degrees Fahrenheit.
\(y = 7.5x + 40 \)
What does the coefficient 7.5 in the equation represent in the context of this situation?
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