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Linda needs 2200 calories per day to maintain her present weight and daily activities. She wants to lose x pounds per day. Each pound of body weight lost is equivalent to 3900 calories. Write her daily calorie intake as a linear function of the number of pounds of weight lost per day. (Let y represent the calorie intake and x represent the number of pounds of weight lost per day.)

Linda needs 2200 calories per day to maintain her present weight and daily activities-example-1
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Answer:

y=-5600x+2200

Explanation:

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