Question

A coach is hosting a cookout for their kickball team. The coach wants to have two hot dogs for each guest, and 8 extra hot dogs in case some teammates bring friends. The coach writes an equation to determine how many hot dogs are needed for the cookout. Which variable is independent?Number of teammatesNumber of hot dogsNumber of total guests, including friends of teammates

Answer 1

Number of teammates

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1

set the equation:

a) let H represents the number of hot dogs

let G represents the number of guest

hence, as the number of hotdgos depends on the number of guests then the the independent variable is the nuber of guest

so

Independent variable: number of guests

b)The coach wants to have two hot dogs for each guest, and 8 extra hot dogs in case some teammates bring friends,so

`\begin{gathered} hot\text{ dogs= 2 per guest + 8} \\ H=2G+8 \end{gathered}`

so, the equation is

`H=2G+8`

and the independent variable is

Number of teammates

I hope this helps you