Question

Patty paints 3 houses each month.

if y represents the number of houses Patty paints and x represents the number of months she takes, write an equation to model the relationship
between them.

Answer 1

y = (3 houses/month) x

Explanation:

Let "x" represent the number of months Patty paints houses and "y" represent the number of houses Patty paints. We can represent the relationship between "x" and "y" using a linear equation, which has the following general expression.

y = m x

where "m" is the slope. In this case, the slope represents the number of houses Patty paints per month, that is, m = 3 houses per month.

The final linear equation is:

y = (3 houses/month) x