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Kendal bought x boxes of cookies to bring to a party. Each box contains 12 2 points

cookies. Someone else brought 24 cookies. Let 'y' represent the total
number of cookies at the party. Show an equation in SLOPE-INTERCEPT
FORM that models this situation. Kendal brings 60 boxes to the party. How
many cookies in total were at the party?

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Answer:

  • y = 12x +24
  • 744

Explanation:

If there are x boxes, each containing 12 cookies, then the number of cookies in the boxes is 12x. If there are 24 more cookies than that at the party, we have ...

y = 12x +24 . . . . . equation modeling party cookies

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For x=60, the number of cookies at the party is ...

y = 12·60 +24 = 720 +24

y = 744 . . . cookies at the party

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