4(5)=20
5(5)=25
4 groups of 6th grader
5 groups of 7th graders
So since this is a linear equation, which is y=mx+b, you use what it tells you in the word problem. so mx is the rate, since in this equation 200 per ton of sugar that's your mx, so its 200x. then for your b value, which in this case is the cost of truck rental, so its 5,400.
your equation is C=200s+5400
the variables are the same so you can use Y and X, but I used the variables used in the word problem.
Y=200x+5400
5000+0=5000 that is g
and then 0+100=100-20=80 that is h
Since that is only one set of numbers, you would have to start on the origin, then move right on the x-axis twice because the first number is 2, and stay there for the other half of the equation since the other number is 0.
