Question

Be sure to clearly label each part of your response as Part A, Part B, and Part C.

Part A: If the product of x and 3 is y, write an equation to represent the relationship between the two variables.

Part B: Explain your work in Part A.

Part C: Create a table of values to display five solutions to the equation. Write the solutions as ordered pairs.

Answer 1

Part A: y = 3x

Part B: The relationship of y to x is y is 3 times as much as x.

Part C: (0,0), (1,3), (2,6), (3,9), (4,12)

Explanation:

Part A: The product of x and 3 (3 times x) is (equals) y. So we can write this linear equation as y = 3x.

Part B: The linear equation is a representation of the relationship between y and x. Y is equivalent to three times x.

Part C: To create solutions to the linear equation, simply plug in a value of x to output a y.

x = 0 -> y = 3(0) = 0; (0,0)

x = 1 -> y = 3(1) = 3; (1,3)

x = 2 -> y = 3(2) = 6; (2,6)

x = 3 -> y = 3(3) = 9; (3,9)

x = 4 -> y = 3(4) = 12; (4, 12)

Cheers.