Question

1 Gabriel and his mom have jars of apple sauce stored in boxes in their pantry. Each box contains 12 jars of

apple sauce. Gabriel's mom uses 3 jars from 1 of the boxes,
Which function shows the relationship between y, the total number of jars of apple sauce remaining in the
pantry, and x, the number of boxes in the pantry
A. y = 9x
B. y = 11x +9 C. y = 12x
D. Y = 12x - 3

Answer 1

D. y = 12x - 3

Explanation:

We know that the number of boxes is x and that each box contains 12 jars

This means that:

Total number of jars = number of boxes * number of jars in each box

Total number of jars = 12x jars

Now, Gabriel's mum used 3 jars

This means that, the number of remaining jars (y) can be calculated by removing 3 from the total number of jars (12x)

Based on the above:

Remaining jars = Total number of jars - Number of used jars

Y = 12x - 3

Hope this helps :)