Answer: The variable represents the number of packages of corn.
Step-by-step explanation:
1. You have the following expression given in the problem:
2. Then, if the expression represents the cost of the corn for a number of packages, then the price of a package (which is $3.59) must be multiplied by the number of packages (which must be represented by the variable ).
3. Therefore, you can conclude that the variable represents the number of packages of corn.
-> First, we want to put it into more of a slope-intercept form so we can graph.
y - 4 = 1/3 (x + 2)
y = 1/3 (x + 2) + 4
y = 1/3x + 2/3 + 4
y = 1/3x + 14/3
-> Next, we will plot the point (0, 14/3) because it is the y-intercept of our equation
-> Last, we will move up one and to the right three, following the pattern of "rise over run" with our slope of 1/3
[] The finished graph is attached
[] I have also graphed the original equation to show that they overlap, showing that our simplification works
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- Heather
