Question

Edmonds office had already recycled 1 kilogram this year before starting the new recycling plan, and the new plan will have the office recycling 7 kilograms of paper each week. Write an equation that shows the relationship between the weeks w and the paper recycled p . Write your answer as an equation with p first followed by an equal sign.

Answer 1

p = 7w

Explanation:

It is given that :

Edmonds office's new recycling plan is to recycle 7 kg of paper each week.

Let the number of weeks be = w

Let the paper recycled = p

Therefore, an equation showing he relation of the amount of papers recycled in each week is given by :

p = 7w