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The drama club is selling popcorn so they can earn enough money to travel to their next competition. The table below shows how much money the drama club earns for the amount of popcorn sold. Let p represent the number of bags of popcorn sold. Let t represent the total amount earned, in dollars. Number of Bags of Popcorn Sold p Total Amount Earned t 2 $3 4 $6 6 $9 8 $12 Enter an equation that represents the relationship between the number of bags of popcorn sold and the total amount of money earned.

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User OutOfBound
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  • (2,3)
  • (4,6)
  • (6,9)
  • (8,12)

Slope

  • m=(6-3)/4-2
  • m=3/2

Equation

  • y=3/2x

Or

  • t=3/2p
User Marku
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Answer:

t=3/2p

Explanation:

We can see the linear pattern between t and p as

p/t = 2/3=4/6=6/9 etc... So t/p=1/(2/3) =3/2 and therefore t=3/2p

User Brendan Moore
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