Question

The office manager of a small office ordered 140 packs of printer paper based on average daily use, she knows that the paper will last about 80 days
A what graph represents the situation?
Bwhat is the equation of the line in standard form and slope intercept form?
C how many packs of printer paper should the manager expect to have after 30 days?

Answer 1

slope intercept form is y=mx+b

So slope intercept form is The office manager of a small office ordered 140 packs of printer paper based on average daily use, she knows that the paper will last about 80 days

(A) Lets make a table

X axis represents the Number of days paper used

y axis represents the packs of printer paper used

x            y

days      packs of printer paper used

0            0               (0 days , 0 packs used)

80          140           (in 80 days , 140 packs paper used)

The graph is attached below

(B) To find Equation of a line we use points (0,0)  and (80,140)

$slope = \frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} = \frac{140-0}{80-0} = \frac{7}{4}$

y intecept is (0,0)

so b= 4

Slope intercept form of a line i y=mx + b

m is the slope and b is the y intercept

So slope intercept form of line becomes

$y= \frac{7}{4} x$

Standard form is Ax + By =C

$y= \frac{7}{4} x$

Multiply both sides by 4

4y = 7x

Now subtract 7x on both sides

-7x + 4y =0 is the standard form

(c) To find packs of printer paper  the manager expect to have after 30 days, Plug in 30 for x  and find out y

$y= \frac{7}{4} x$

$y= \frac{7}{4}(30)= 52.5$

Total 140 packs of printer paper

52.5 packs of paper used

Packs of paper remaining after 30 days = 140- 52.5= 87.5