Question

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A cannery processed 1,445 pounds of strawberries in 4.5 hours. The cannery processed 2,320 pounds in 7 hours. Write a linear equation to model the relationship between the weight of the strawberries S and time T. How many pounds of strawberries can be processed in 11 hours?

Answer 1

S = 350T - 130, where T is the number of hours and S is the number of pounds.

If T = 11, then S = 3,720 pounds.

Explanation:

`m = (2320 - 1445)/(7 - 4.5) = 350`

`2320 = 350(7) + b`

`2320 = 2450 - b`

`b = - 130`

So we have S = 350T - 130. Substituting 11 for T, we have S = 3,720 pounds.