Question

Julie needs to cut 4 pieces of yarn, each with the same length, and a piece of yarn 7.75 inches long. let x represent the length of each of the equal pieces of yarn that julie decides to cut. what is the equation that can be used to determine the total length of all the yarn that she ends up cutting, y? is the graph of the equation continuous or discrete?

Answer 1

The answer is below

Explanation:

Let x represent the length of each of the equal piece of yarn. Since they are 4 equal pieces of yarn, then the total length of the equal pieces of yarn = 4x.

Also, besides cutting the 4 equal pieces of yarn Julie further cuts a yarn 7.75 inches long, therefore if y represent the total length of all the yarn that she ends up cutting, hence:

y = 4x + 7.75

Since the graph produced by this equation have all points connected to each other, hence this is a continuous graph.