Question

Akira is setting tables at the restaurant where she works. She starts with a pile of 85 napkins, and she places 6 napkins on every table she sets

Write an equation that shows how the number of napkins remaining, y, depends on the number of tables akira sets, x

Answer 1

Answer: y = 85 - 6x

Explanation:

Number of napkins remaining: y

Number of tables set: x

Akira starts out with 85 napkins. So, every time she sets a table, she is losing 6 napkins. The steady rate of napkins lost can be written with the following expression, as she is losing 6 napkins per table.

`-6x`

These napkins are being removed from the total of 85 napkins:

`85 - 6x`

The above equation also expresses the number of napkins remaining. Writing it as a proper equation:

`y = 85 - 6x`

The final answer is: y = 85 - 6x