Question

You decide to treat yourself to some of your favorite cookies. The box that you bought has 24 cookies. You eat 2 cookies each day as a snack. Which equation shows the number of cookies that you have left at the end of each day?

1. y = -2x + 24


2. y = -2x – 24


3. y = 2x – 24


4. y = 24x – 2

Answer 1

the answer is y=-2x+24
-2 is how many cookies are taken away by x number of days and 24 is how many cookies you started with