The table shows the relationship between the number of chess pieces Solomon is 3D printing and the corresponding print time in minutes.
- For 1 piece, the print time is 16 minutes.
- For 2 pieces, the print time is 32 minutes.
- For 8 pieces, the print time is 128 minutes.
- For 32 pieces, the print time is 512 minutes.
From this table, we can infer that the print time scales linearly with the number of pieces. Specifically, looking at the very first entry in the table:
- When Solomon prints 1 chess piece, it takes 16 minutes.
Therefore, the number 16 in this context represents the time needed to print one chess piece. Thus, 16 means that it takes 16 minutes to print 1 chess piece.
