Question

Ever since Jim was a small child, his favorite food has always been squash. He likes them so much he wants to plant a garden in his backyard just to grow squash. The proportional relationship between the size of Jim's garden (in square feet), x, and the number of squash he can grow, y, can be modeled by the equation y = 8x. If Jim grew 44 squash, what was the size of his garden? A) 5 ft2 B) 5.5 ft2 C) 6 ft2 D) 6.5 ft2

Answer 1

5.5

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

Let y represent the number of squash that Jim can grow

Let x represent the size of the garden in square feet

The proportional relationship between the size of Jim's garden (in square feet), x, and the number of squash he can grow, y, can be modeled by the equation

y = 8x

If Jim grew 44 squash, it means that y would be 44. The size of the garden, y will be

44 = 8x

x = 44/8

x = 5.5 square feet