Question

A food company puts exactly 10 sliced carrots in each bag of frozen vegetables. Let b represent the number of bags of frozen vegetables and c represent the total number of sliced carrots. The table shows the relationship between b and c. Which equation below represents the relationship between b and c?

Answer 1

c = 10*b

Explanation:

We know that in each bag, we have exactly 10 sliced carrots.

so if b represents the number of bags, and c the number of sliced carrots, for each one of the b bags we will have 10 sliced carrots, then for b bags, we have b times 10 carrots:

c = 10*b

So for example, if we have one bag, b = 1

c = 10*1 = 10

So in one bag, there are 10 carrots.

if instead, we have 3 bags, b = 3

c = 10*3 = 30

in 3 bags we have 30 carrots.

Then the equation that represents the relationship between b and c is:

c = 10*b

or

b = c/10