Question

One of the greatest assets of a secretary is often his/her ability on the keyboard of a computer. Mrs. Garcia has been recognized as the Most Outstanding
Typist at a prestigious firm because of her outstanding typing speed. The table below displays data collected from her most recent evaluation.
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Minutes / Words
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1 | 70
2 | 140
3 | 210
4 | 280
Write a function to represent the total number of words, y, that Mrs.Garcia can type in x minutes.
If Mrs. Garcia maintains a constant speed consistent with the results above how many words will she type in a 49 minutes?

Answer 1

y=70x

If she types at a consistent speed for 49 minutes, she will have typed 3,430 words because 70 times 49 equals 3,430.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The question is asking us to write a function that represents the total number of words ( y ) that Mrs. Garcia can type in x minutes. Then we have to calculate how many words she can type in 49 minutes. In 1 minute she can type 70 words, in 2 minutes 140 etc. Answer: the function is: y = 70 * x. In 49 minutes ( x = 49 ) : y = 49 * 70 = 3,430. In 49 minutes she would type 3,430 words.