Question

Alina bought an ice cream cone for $3. her 4 ounce scope of ice cream is melting at rate of 0.5

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Answer 1

y=4-0.5x

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

Alina bought an ice cream cone for $3

the weight of the ice cream is 4 ounce

the rate of melting is 0.5 ounce per minute

let the number of minutes taken for the ice cream to melt be x

and the weight after x minutes be y

Step two:

Hence the expression for the situation after x minutes is

y=4-0.5x