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1. There are four times as many children (y) as adults (x) at the local ball game. Write an equation that represents ALL the possible combinations. Please use x and y in your equation, and have NO SPACES in your answer 2. Your freshman class is taking a trip to the museum. You can ride in large vans and small vans. A small van holds 8 people and a large van holds 12 people. There are 144 people in your class.
Write an equation that models the possible combinations of large vans and small vans your class could fill. Please use x (for small van) and y (for large van), and have NO SPACES in your answer. 3. Jumahl is shelving books for the library at the rate of 25 books per day. At the end of the twelfth day, there are 475 books left to be shelved. Write an equation modeling the number of books Jumahl has left to catalog that corresponds to days. Please use x and y, and use NO SPACES in your answer. 4. Danika bought a new car. After 10 weeks of driving, the odometer read 3,500. After 15 weeks, it read 3,675. Danika knows she drives about the same number of miles each week. Write an equation that models the odometer reading, as a function of the number of weeks she has owned the car. Please use x and y, and use NO SPACES in your answer. |