Question

To bake one cake, Drew uses 18 ounces of flour. He has 850 ounces of flour. Let y represent the ounces of flour left and x represent the number of cakes he has baked. When the situation is modeled on a graph, what are the slope and the y-intercept of the line representing this situation? slope = 850 and y-intercept = 18 slope = 18 and y-intercept = 850 slope = -18 and y-intercept = 850 slope = 850 and y-intercept = -18

Answer 1

Y= 850-18x
since you start with 850 ounces that will be your y intercept
each time you go down 18 ounces so the slope is -18

Answer 2

The y-intercept is 850 and The Slope is -18. Hope this helps, let me know if it isn't.