Question

Lauren works at a reception hall and is setting tables for a retirement party. She takes a basket of 98 soup spoons, and she places 8 soup spoons on every table she sets.

Write an equation that shows how the number of soup spoons remaining, y, depends on the number of tables Lauren sets, x.
y=

Answer 1

The equation that shows how the number of soup spoons remaining, y, depends on the number of tables Lauren sets, x, is:

y = 98 - 8x

The initial number of soup spoons, 98, is reduced by 8 for each table Lauren sets. Therefore, the number of soup spoons remaining after x tables have been set is 98 - 8x.